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Christopher Sutton-Mattocks
Born
Christopher John Sutton-Mattocks

(1951-07-10) 10 July 1951 (age 75)
Hammersmith, London, England
Alma materSt Edmund Hall, Oxford
OccupationsBarrister, coroner
Years active1975–present
Known forInquest rulings, legal practice
Political party
SDP–Liberal Alliance (former)
SpouseHelen Chardin (m. 1985)
Cricket career
Cricket information
BattingLeft-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1972–1973Oxford University
1975Surrey Second XI
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 6 4
Runs scored 107 33
Batting average 8.91 8.25
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 37 13
Balls bowled – –
Wickets – –
Bowling average – –
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling – –
Catches/stumpings 2/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 March 2020

Christopher John Sutton-Mattocks (born 10 July 1951) is an English barrister, coroner, judge and first-class cricketer.

Early life and education

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He was born at Hammersmith in July 1951. He was educated at Winchester College before going up to St Edmund Hall, Oxford.[1]

Cricket career

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While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University 1972 and 1973, making six appearances.[2] He scored 107 runs in his six matches, at an average of 8.91 and a high score of 37.[3] Sutton-Mattocks also played List A cricket for Oxford in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup, making four appearances.[4] With Oxford University, he played alongside cricketers such as later Sussex cricketer Mark Faber in June 1972 against Lancashire[5] and in June 1973 alongside the Pakistan international and later Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan.[6] Following his university career, Sutton-Mattocks went on to play for the Surrey Second XI in the 1975 Second Eleven Championship.[7] He also appeared for club sides, including representing the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1974 when he was caught by his former university teammate Imran Khan.[8]

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Barristerial and judicial work

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A member of the Middle Temple, he was called to the bar in July 1975.[9] He practiced in criminal law from King's Bench Walk. As a defence barrister, his work included acting as lead counsel in the case of R v O & Ors at Snaresbrook Crown Court, which involved a long-running trial and re-trial centred on charges of kidnapping, false imprisonment and grievous bodily harm where victims were burned with irons over a failed drug deal.[10]

He was appointed a recorder, a part-time circuit judge in 1996.[11] He presided in courts including Maidstone Crown Court.[12] He stepped down in March 1998 after he was fined £500 by a Bar Council disciplinary tribunal for professional misconduct involving harassment.[13]

Politics and public role

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He stood for the SDP–Liberal Alliance in Maidstone in the 1987 general election, finishing second to Ann Widdecombe.[14] At the Maidstone Liberals' annual meeting held at the Old Palace, Sutton-Mattocks outlined the Alliance's main aims as getting people back to work and improving health and education. He said the Alliance wanted the national income from North Sea oil and gas to be reinvested into long-term economic development rather than short-term political spending.[15] During the 1987 election campaign, healthcare emerged as a local debate after regional doctors, encouraged by the British Medical Association, petitioned the parliamentary candidates over a 12 percent annual increase in local hospital waiting times. In his response to the practitioners' committee, Sutton-Mattocks criticised regional appointment waiting lists that stretched up to 32 weeks and joined the Labour candidate Kevin Brooks in opposing a tenfold rise in national Prescription charges under the sitting Thatcher government.[16] He also campaigned on local environmental preservation, aligning with a campaign by Friends of the Earth in publicly opposing a Department of Energy decision to grant licences for exploratory oil drilling near Leeds Castle, arguing that industrial growth should not place internationally renowned heritage sites in jeopardy.[17] Outside of politics, he previously served as a governor at Sevenoaks Preparatory School in Sevenoaks, Kent between 2010 and 2022.[18]

Coronial law

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Sutton-Mattocks served as HM Assistant Coroner for Surrey and for Kent and Medway. In this role, he presided over several inquests. He led the 2020 inquest into the death of baby Harry Richford, which was later referenced in the independent review of maternity services in East Kent.[19][20] The Care Quality Commission later prosecuted East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust for failures in mother and baby’s care.[21] His other coroner rulings include presiding over the 2021 unlawful killing inquest of the Ford twins,[22] and issuing Regulation 28 "Prevention of Future Deaths" reports to Surrey County Council regarding cycling road safety defects following the death of Ralph Brazier[23] and to Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service recommending the development of protocols to deny vulnerable inmates access to razor blades at HMP Elmley.[24] As counsel to the inquest, he also participated in major structural inquiries, including the 2011 Swanscombe Channel Tunnel Rail Link locomotive fire inquest.[25] In July 2009, he presided over a military inquest into the death of Corporal Ivano Violino, who was killed after his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Helmand Province during the war in Afghanistan.[26] Sutton-Mattocks issued a verdict that Corporal Violino was killed in action.[27]

Family

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In September 1985, Christopher married Helen Chardin, a linguist and public relations officer from Cambridge, at St Mary's Church, Barnes. Chardin worked with Moët & Chandon and provided factual assistance for Anthony Hogg's 1985 publication, Everybody's Wine Guide.[28] Following their marriage, the couple lived in Loose, Kent.[29]

He is the son of solicitor "Terry" Terence Montmirail Sutton-Mattocks[30] and aviation researcher Valerie Marguerite Sutton-Mattocks.[31] Both of his parents came from a legal and cricketing background. Terence practiced for 50 years at the law firm, Sutton-Mattocks & Co, which was founded in 1929.[32] In December 2023, the firm was acquired by Bindmans LLP.[33] He was also a cricketer, playing for the Law Society between 1938 and 1958, as well as appearing for amateur clubs including The Forty Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club.[34] During the Second World War, he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) and was mentioned in despatches in December 1945.[35] Terence was the son of Francis George Sutton-Mattocks (1887–1972), a Mauritius-born solicitor and local politician who served as the Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Barnes from 1946 to 1947.[36][37][38] During the First World War, Francis served as a lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery (Special Reserve) and was appointed a Chevalier of the French Légion d'honneur in January 1920.[39] The award followed a recommendation by the 3rd Belgian Division for conspicuous gallantry under fire while he was commanding a supporting 30th Division medium trench mortar battery in no man's land in September 1918. The report noted that "he kept coolly walking from one mortar to another, fully exposed, encouraging his gunners with cheerful words and by his utter contempt of extreme peril."[40] He was awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Richmond upon Thames in 1965.[41] He was married to Bertha May Sutton-Mattocks.[42] She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1962 Birthday Honours for political and public services in Richmond and Barnes.[43]

Christopher's mother Valerie Sutton-Mattocks co-authored a landmark cabin crew workload study alongside H. P. Ruffell Smith and the BOAC medical director.[31] She was born in The Cottage, Kew Gardens and was a childhood friend of the DNA co-discoverer Rosalind Franklin.[44][45] She was active in post-war club women's cricket, playing for the Civil Service Cricket Club and co-founding the Riverside Women's Cricket Club in 1946.[46][47] Her father, Lewis Walter Taylor (d. 1950) was a London solicitor who operated the firm Lewis W. Taylor & Co. out of Gray's Inn.[48][49] The judge, legal theorist and Liberal parliamentary candidate Heber Leonidas Hart KC acted as the best man at Lewis Taylor's wedding in Hammersmith to Dora Patterson of Royal Gardens, Kew.[50] Dora was the daughter of George Dobson Patterson, a government architect and clerk of works at Kew Palace and Kew Gardens who worked closely under the Principal Architect of the Office of Works, Sir Henry Tanner.[51][52][53][54] Her brother was Gray's Inn barrister and later civil servant William Henry Leonard Patterson CBE who served as Assistant Secretary at the Board of Trade. He was Controller of the Import Licensing Department from 1945 to 1948 and then appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1948 Honours. He was a member of the National Liberal Club.[55] Lewis W. Taylor & Co. instructed counsel including Cyril Salmon QC (later Baron Salmon) in the 1953 Court of Appeal case In the Estate of Park, decd. Park v Park, which established a precedent in English law regarding the capacity to contract a marriage.[56] The firm also served as the primary legal representatives for the feminist author Dora Russell in her complex domestic and educational disputes against her husband, the philosopher Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell.[57]

References

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  1. ↑ "Player profile: Christopher Sutton-Mattocks". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Christopher Sutton-Mattocks". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Christopher Sutton-Mattocks". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "List A Matches played by Christopher Sutton-Mattocks". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Match Scorecard: Oxford University v Lancashire 1972". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "Match Scorecard: Oxford University v Gloucestershire 1973". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "Surrey Second XI Matches in 1975". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Match Scorecard: Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club 1974". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Christopher Sutton-Mattocks". www.juriosity.com. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "R v O & Ors [Snaresbrook]". 5KBW Chambers. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
  11. ↑ Crown Office, 15 March 1996, p. 3919
  12. ↑ "Building society man was Ecstasy dealer". Maidstone Telegraph. 3 May 1996. p. 8.
  13. ↑ Marks, Kathy (3 March 1998). "Harassment case judge steps down". The Independent. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  14. ↑ Wood, Alan H., ed. (1987). The Times Guide to the House of Commons, June 1987. Times Books. p. 162. ISBN 0-7230-0298-3.
  15. ↑ "Alliance in leaflet drive". Maidstone Telegraph. 22 November 1985. p. 18.
  16. ↑ Schaverien, Tracy (1 May 1987). "Diagnosis sought for healthier Service". Maidstone Telegraph. p. 8.
  17. ↑ "Beauty spot in jeopardy". Maidstone Telegraph. 11 April 1986. p. 11.
  18. ↑ "SEVENOAKS PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED - Officers". Companies House. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  19. ↑ "Harry Richford inquest: Baby's death 'wholly avoidable'". BBC News. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  20. ↑ "Prevention of Future Deaths Report: Harry Richford". Judiciary.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  21. ↑ "CQC prosecutes East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust for failures in mother and baby's care". CQC.org.uk. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  22. ↑ "Samantha Ford: 'Missed opportunities' in toddler drowning case". BBC News. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  23. ↑ "The Inquest Touching the Death of Ralph Ian Brazier: A Report to Prevent Future Deaths" (PDF). Judiciary.uk. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  24. ↑ "Paul James: Action to Prevent Future Deaths Report" (PDF). Judiciary.uk. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  25. ↑ "Channel Tunnel rail link fire inquest jury retires". BBC News. 16 March 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  26. ↑ Staff (21 July 2009). "Mother questions soldiers' safety". BBC News. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  27. ↑ Inquests into service deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan (Report). Ministry of Justice via House of Commons Deposited Papers. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  28. ↑ Hogg, Anthony (1985). Everybody's Wine Guide: A Mine of Information from Peter Dominic. Quiller Press. p. 12. ISBN 9780907621539.
  29. ↑ "Alliance with a difference". Maidstone Telegraph. 27 September 1985. p. 25.
  30. ↑ "Terry Sutton-Mattocks". Your Local Guardian. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
  31. 1 2 Preston, F. S.; Ruffell Smith, H. P.; Sutton-Mattocks, V. M. (September 1973). "Physiological problems in air cabin crew". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 67 (9): 843–844. PMC 1645910.
  32. ↑ "About Us". Sutton-Mattocks Solicitors. Bindmans LLP. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  33. ↑ "Bindmans acquires Sutton-Mattocks". Bindmans LLP. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  34. ↑ "Player Profile: T.M. Sutton-Mattocks". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  35. ↑ "Supplement 37380, Page 5995". The London Gazette. 7 December 1945.
  36. ↑ "About Us". Sutton-Mattocks. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  37. ↑ "Obituary: Mr F. G. Sutton-Mattocks". Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian. 25 August 1972. p. 2.
  38. ↑ "Francis George Sutton-Mattocks Collection". Archives Hub. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  39. ↑ "Decorations Conferred by the President of the French Republic: Supplement 31736, Page 701". The London Gazette (Online archive). 13 January 1920. Direct link.
  40. ↑ "Bostonian's Legion of Honour". Lincolnshire Echo. 13 February 1920. p. 3.
  41. ↑ "Freedom of the Borough". London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  42. ↑ "Sutton-Mattocks, Francis George (1887–1972), solicitor and local politician, Mayor of Barnes (F295340)". The National Archives Discovery. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  43. ↑ "Supplement to the London Gazette, 2 June 1962". The London Gazette. The Stationery Office. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  44. ↑ "Memorial Bench: Valerie Sutton-Mattocks". OpenBenches. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  45. ↑ Maddox, Brenda (2002). Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA. London: HarperCollins. List of Illustrations (Photo credit: Valerie Sutton-Mattocks). Retrieved 21 June 2026.
  46. ↑ "Player Profile: Valerie Sutton-Mattocks". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  47. ↑ "Riverside WCC Magazine No 5, 1953 p. 25". Women's Cricket History. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  48. ↑ "Mayor's Son Engaged". Richmond Herald. 4 October 1947. p. 9.
  49. ↑ "Lewis Walter Taylor Deceased". Richmond Herald. 9 December 1950. p. 10.
  50. ↑ "Wedding: Taylor—Patterson". West London Observer. 17 April 1914. p. 5.
  51. ↑ Report of the Departmental Committee on the Use of Lead Compounds in the Painting of Buildings. Vol. 20. H.M. Stationery Office. 1920. p. 28. Parliamentary sessional papers recording the technical evidence and testimony of government architect George Dobson Patterson regarding building safety regulations.
  52. ↑ "Retirement of Mr. Justin Allen and Appointment of Mr. G. D. Patterson". The Journal of the Kew Guild. 3 (19): 19. 1911. Mr. Allen has gone to live at Parkstone; he has been succeeded by Mr. G. D. Patterson, transferred to Kew from the Post Office section of the Board of Works.
  53. ↑ "Wedding: Taylor—Patterson". West London Observer. Hammersmith, London. April 1914.
  54. ↑ Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Vol. 280. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1921. p. 67. Documenting joint architectural safety and testing operations handled under Sir Henry Tanner and George Dobson Patterson.
  55. ↑ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Debrett's. 1948. p. 1929. Biographical lineage under William Henry Leonard Patterson: b. 1886; ed. at Latymer Upper Sch., and Roy. Coll. of Science; B.Sc. 1906; Bar. Grays Inn 1925; Controller, Import Licensing Depart., Board of Trade 1945-8; m. 1911, Gertrude Mary, da. of Robert Hindhaugh; cr. C.B.E. (Civil) 1948. Club: National Liberal.
  56. ↑ "In the Estate of Park, decd. Park v Park". vLex United Kingdom. Court of Appeal (Civil Division). 1953. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  57. ↑ "BRACERS Notes (Page 1227): Lewis W. Taylor Files". The Bertrand Russell Research Centre. McMaster University Libraries. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
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