Background
He was born at Baulkham Hills to settler George Suttor and Sarah Dobinson.
He was born at Baulkham Hills to settler George Suttor and Sarah Dobinson.
The politician William Henry Suttor was a brother. John Suttor was a pastoralist. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for East Macquarie in 1867, serving until his retirement in 1872.
In 1882 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he remained until his death at Wyagdon near Bathurst in 1886.