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Samuel Sutton
Samuel Sutton (1760 – June 1832) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He entered the service shortly after the start of the American War of Independence, and spent most of his early career serving with Captain and later Admiral Joshua Rowley. He saw action at several engagements with the French fleets in the West Indies, and ended the war as a lieutenant. Left without active employment by the following years of peace, Sutton briefly returned to service during the Spanish Armament in 1790, but the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793 brought him steady work. After serving in a number of ships and being present at Cornwallis's Retreat in 1795, Sutton received command of a sloop, and with it the opportunity to render a service to a member of the French aristocracy, and the future Charles X of France. Promoted for his good service, Sutton served as a flag captain to several admirals, including Horatio Nelson. He briefly commanded , before surrendering her to Thomas Hardy, who would go on to command ''Victory'' at Trafalgar, and be present at Nelson's death. Sutton instead took command of a frigate, and in 1804 was involved in a controversial action that saw the capture of three Spanish frigates and the destruction of a fourth. Made wealthy from the spoils, Sutton nevertheless remained in the navy, taking part in the chase of the French fleet to the West Indies in 1805. His health declined during this period, and he went ashore in October that year. He retired from active service, and served as a magistrate and local official for his community, being promoted to rear-admiral in 1821 and dying in 1832.
==Early life==
Sutton was born in 1760, and entered the navy on 9 April 1777 as an able seaman and later a midshipman aboard the 74-gun , which was under the command of Captain Joshua Rowley. Sutton and Rowley served in the English Channel until Rowley's promotion to rear-admiral in December 1778 and his shifting his flag to the 74-gun , with Hugh Cloberry Christian as his flag captain.〔 Sutton accompanied Rowley to the ''Suffolk'', and moved with him again when Rowley raised his flag aboard Captain Thomas Watson's 74-gun in December 1779.〔〔 During this time Sutton saw action at the Battle of Grenada on 6 July 1779, and the Battle of Martinique on 17 April 1780.〔
Sutton was with Rowley on his next two flagships, the 74-gun from June 1780 and the 98-gun from July, both times serving under Captain John Thomas Duckworth. Sutton became an acting-lieutenant while on board ''Princess Royal'', retaining the position after being transferred to the 16-gun sloop under Captain Manley Dixon.〔 He was next aboard the 18-gun ex-French under commander Benjamin Hulke from December, though in May 1782 he returned to Rowley when he joined him aboard his flagship, the 90-gun under Captain James Kempthorn.〔 He stayed at Rowley's side when the admiral moved to the 74-gun under Captain N. Chasington in December, and then the 50-gun under Captain George Martin in March 1783.〔〔
He was confirmed as lieutenant on 21 April 1783, despite never having formally been examined, but was in poor health and had to return to Britain aboard the 14-gun brig-sloop .〔〔 He recovered and received an appointment in March 1785 to the sloop , under Commander Edward Pakenham, with whom he went out to Newfoundland for the rest of the year.〔 The end of the war left Sutton without a ship, and he spent four and a half years ashore after leaving ''Merlin''.〔
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