Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexington PC (6 January 1662 – 19 September 1723) was an English diplomat.
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Family
He was the son of Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexington and his third wife Mary St. Leger.
On 14 September 1691, he married Margaret, (d. April 1703), the daughter of Sir Giles Hungerford of Coulston, Wiltshire, by whom he had three children:
William George Sutton (1697 – October 1713), died in Madrid while his father was ambassador there
Bridget Sutton (30 Nov 1699 – 1734), married John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland
Leonora Cordelia Margueretta (c. 1700 – October 1715)
Career
He served as a captain of a troop of horse, resigning his commission in 1686. He was appointed a gentleman of horse to the Prince and Princess of Denmark (Princess Anne, later Queen Anne), in 1690; a position he resigned in February 1692/3. Lord Lexington supported in the House of Lords the elevation of William of Orange to the throne, and was employed by that king at court and on diplomatic business, being sent as envoy extraordinary to the Elector of Brandenburg in 1689.