Francis Bathurst Suttor

Sir Francis Bathurst Suttor (30 April 1839 – 4 April 1915) was an Australian pastoralist, politician, and sheep and horse breeder.

Early life Suttor was born in Bathurst, New South Wales, the son of pastoralist William Henry Suttor and his wife, Charlotte Augusta Anne née Francis. Francis Bathurst Suttor was a grandson of George Suttor. F. B. Suttor was educated at The King's School, Parramatta, and from age 19 managed his father's properties near Bathurst. He took up the properties Redbank and Katella near Wellington, New South Wales in 1863, and later Bradwardine at Bathurst.

Political career On 2 January 1875 Suttor was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a free trader for Bathurst, in bitter campaign against Edmund Webb. Suttor was Minister of Justice and Public Instruction in the second ministry of Sir Henry Parkes from 22 March 1877 to 16 August 1877, and held the same position in the third Parkes ministry from December 1878 to April 1880 when the portfolio was separated with Suttor becoming Minister of Justice from May to August 1880, then Postmaster-General until November 1881, when he became Minister of Public Instruction until January 1883. He declined a position in the fifth ministry of Sir John Robertson. and in 1887 changed his position on tariffs, supporting protection as a means of addressing falling rural prices.

Suttor died on at his Darling Point residence, survived by three sons and five daughters. After a state funeral, Suttor was buried in the Anglican section of South Head cemetery. A bust of Suttor by Nelson Illingworth is owned by the Legislative Council, Sydney.