Eric Sutton was born in a small and sleepy town in the west of Scotland. He is the third child of Jim and Carol, two farmers. They had never been that rich, so Eric had to pay his studies himself. He was a very talented student and that is why he soon got a grant. After he had finished his studies he married Joan, a young and whealthy woman, and they opened their own, little surgery. Two months later they moved to Great Stapleton.