[1] Hutchinson was commissioned as an ensign in the 46th Regiment of Foot on 10 March 1820.

[2] As a Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding the 20th Regiment of Foot, and Commander of Troops of the Bermuda Garrison, he became acting Governor of Bermuda on 30 November 1846, pending arrival of the replacement of Governor Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Reid, who departed the same day for Barbados.

[3] Hutchinson went on to be General Officer Commanding Western District in October 1859.

[8] Hutchinson's widow, Mary, died at Sussex-mansion, South Kensington, on 30 June 1902.

[9] The couple had two children born in Bermuda Mary Letitia Hutchinson, born in Paget, Bermuda and baptised on 22 December 1842; and Arthur John Hutchinson, born in Paget, Bermuda on 31 August 1846, and baptised on 24 September.