John Sutton (RAF officer)

Sir John Sutton
Born (1932-07-09)9 July 1932
Died 21 November 2014(2014-11-21) (aged 82)
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Air Force
Years of service 1950–1989
Rank Air Marshal
Commands held RAF Support Command
No. 14 Squadron RAF
No. 249 Squadron RAF
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Air Marshal Sir John Matthias Dobson Sutton KCB (9 July 1932 – 21 November 2014) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Support Command.

RAF career

Educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford, Sutton joined the Royal Air Force in 1950.[1] He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 249 Squadron in 1964 and then became Assistant Secretary of the Chiefs of Staff Committee at the Ministry of Defence in 1966.[1] He went on to be Officer Commanding No. 14 Squadron in 1970, Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans & Policy) at Headquarters Second Tactical Air Force in 1971 and Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy) in 1977.[1] He then became Deputy Commander of RAF Germany in 1980, Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments) in 1982 and Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Overseas) in 1985.[1] He became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Support Command in 1986 and retired in 1989.[1]

In retirement he was made Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.[1] He attended a reunion of Lieutenant Governors in 2008.[2] He died on 21 November 2014.[3]

Family

In 1954 he married Delia Eleanor Woodward: they had one son and one daughter.[1] Following the dissolution of his first marriage he married Angela Faith Gray in 1969: they had two sons.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Debrett's People of Today 1994
  2. Reunion Party for Governors Jersey Evening Post, 24 October 2008
  3. "Former Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Sutton dies". Jersey Evening Post. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir David Harcourt-Smith
Commander-in-Chief Support Command
1986–1989
Succeeded by
Sir Michael Graydon
Government offices
Preceded by
Sir William Pillar
Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
1990–1995
Succeeded by
Sir Michael Wilkes
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