Matthew Hutton | |
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| Archbishop of Canterbury | |
 Portrait byThomas Hudson | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Installed | 1757 |
| Term ended | 1758 (death) |
| Predecessor | Thomas Herring |
| Successor | Thomas Secker |
| Other posts | Archbishop of York (1747–1757) Bishop of Bangor (1743–1747) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1693-01-03)3 January 1693 |
| Died | 18 March 1758(1758-03-18) (aged 65) Duke Street,Westminster |
| Buried | St Mary-at-Lambeth, London |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Parents | John Hutton of Marske Dorothy Dyke |
| Spouse | Mary Lutman (m. 1732) |
| Education | Ripon Grammar School |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
Matthew Hutton (3 January 1693 – 18 March 1758) was ahigh churchman in theChurch of England, serving asArchbishop of York (1747–1757) andArchbishop of Canterbury (1757–1758).
Hutton was born atMarske nearRichmond inYorkshire, the second son of John Hutton of Marske (great-great-grandson ofMatthew Hutton, Archbishop of York 1595–1606) and his wife Dorothy, daughter of William Dyke.
He was educated atRipon Grammar School andJesus College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1710, graduatingB.A. 1714,M.A. 1717. He was a fellow ofChrist's College, Cambridge, from 1717 to 1727, and graduatedD.D. (comitia regia) in 1728.[1]
At Cambridge he was an exact contemporary ofThomas Herring, whom he succeeded in each of his three bishoprics.
Hutton became a royal chaplain toGeorge II in 1736. In 1737 he was appointedCanon of the second stall atSt George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, a position he held until 1739.[2] He became Rector ofTrowbridge and ofSpofforth, in Yorkshire, and heldprebends at York and Westminster.
In 1743 he becameBishop of Bangor, and in 1747,Archbishop of York, before finally, in 1757, becomingArchbishop of Canterbury, but died the next year without having ever lived inLambeth Palace.
In 2016, during the refurbishment of theGarden Museum,[3] which is housed at the medieval church of St Mary-at-Lambeth,[4] 30 lead coffins were found; one with an archbishop's red and gold mitre on top of it.[5] Two archbishops were identified from nameplates on their coffins; with church records revealing that a further three archbishops, including Hutton, were likely to be buried in the vault.[6]
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Bangor 1743–1747 | Succeeded by |
| Archbishop of York 1747–1757 | Succeeded by | |
| Archbishop of Canterbury 1757–1758 | Succeeded by | |
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