Charles William Sutton (1848–1920) was a British librarian and author.
Career Sutton was a librarian of the Free Manchester Public Libraries. He was also Secretary of the Chetham Society from 1890 to 1920, Editor of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society from 1885 to 1920 and a Member of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. from 1903.Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary Philosophical Society Manchester Memoirs Volume LV. (1910-11)
Writing He was a contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography, creating many articles for the main work, and some for Supplement 1 and Supplement 2.
Legacy The collection of his letters "1887–1908: letters to John Brownbill and other correspondence" is held by Manchester Archives and Local Studies.
His letter to Edward Arber is in the University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections.
Bibliography Ernest Axon Charles W. Sutton, M.A., Chief Librarian, Manchester Public Libraries, 1879–1920. An appreciation With two portraits (1921)
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