James Sutton (Shardlow)

James Sutton (1799 - 21 January 1868) was an English boatbuilder, canal boat carrier and owner of salt works.

His father is said to have begun as a boatman but was successful in business in the salt trade, canal carrying and boatbuilding.

[1] His business conveyed by water to Derby, Hull, Sleaford, Lincoln, Nottingham, Gainsborough, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, The Potteries, Cheshire Salt Works, Stourport, Wolverhampton, Dudley and Coventry.

[3] With the coming of the railways, the canal business was in decline, and by 1850 Sutton had stopped building boats and by 1858 had closed the wharf in Derby.

Their son Sir Henry Sutton, a High Court judge, had daughters who married Julius Bertram and Herbert Warrington Smyth.