Charles Manners Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury
(1780-1845), Speaker of the House of CommonsRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 22 portraits
A barrister, Manners Sutton was elected as a Tory MP in 1806. In parliament he served as Judge Advocate General, responsible for judicial functions in the British Army from 1809 to 1817 and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1809. He spoke against parliamentary reform and concessions to Roman Catholics. In 1817 he was elected Speaker of the House of Commons, a post he held for seventeen years. During the political crisis surrounding the Reform Act of 1832 he allowed his name to be put forward as a possible candidate for prime minister in an anti-Reform Tory ministry. However, this did not come to pass, and the victorious Whigs voted him out of the Speakership in 1835.
Charles Manners Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury
by Henry William Pickersgill
oil on canvas, 1833
NPG 1987
Charles Manners Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury
by Alfred, Count D'Orsay
pencil and chalk, 1837
NPG 4026(11)
Charles Manners Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, circa 1817
NPG D23289
by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published May 1821
NPG D48680
Charles Manners Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury ('Elegant manners')
by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 1821
NPG D13347
Charles Manners Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury ('Elegant manners')
by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 1821
NPG D13523
possibly by Robert Seymour, published by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published circa May 1829
NPG D48760
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 11 February 1830
NPG D40981
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 24 December 1831
NPG D41107
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 8 February 1832
NPG D41114
New Legislative Assembly. Newfoundland. (The speaker Putting the Question)
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Meifred, Lemercier & Co, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 30 March 1832
NPG D41122
Charles Manners Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury ('A Parting Compliment')
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 13 August 1832
NPG D41156
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Alfred Ducôte, after Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 30 January 1833
NPG D41174
Seconding a Motion or the Party of the Movement
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 16 August 1833
NPG D41217
Charles Manners Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury
by Samuel Cousins, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, published 1835 (1833)
NPG D32593
Charles Manners Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury
by Samuel Cousins, published by Colnaghi, Son & Co, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, published 13 April 1835 (1833)
NPG D38202
Charles Manners Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury
by Richard James Lane, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph, (1837)
NPG D45943
Charles Manners Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury
by Richard James Lane, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph with some hand-colouring, (1837)
NPG D46226
Charles Manners Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury
by Henry Bryan Hall, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, published 1838
NPG D32592
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