Sir Richard Sutton, 4th Baronet (21 October 1821 – 3 October 1878) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. The son of and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Burton, he was born in October 1821 at Sudbrooke, Lincolnshire. He purchased a commission in the British Army in May 1839 as an ensign in the 97th Regiment of Foot. He later purchased the rank of lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards in July 1847. He married firstly Anna Houson (died 8 July 1846), daughter of Reverend H. Houson, of Brant Broughton, in 1845. He married secondly Harriet Anne Burton in 1851.