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John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne

1779 – 1862

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Lived 1779 – 1862 (aged 83). John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne was a British.

John Baron Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne (24 January 1779 – 18 October 1862), was a British peer.

Background Sherborne was the son of James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne, of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, with his wife Elizabeth Coke, daughter of Wenman Coke and Elizabeth Chamberlayne.

As a result of the Slave Compensation Act 1837, Sherborne was given £3,579 in compensation from the British government as the executor of Sir Rose Price, 1st Baronet, his brother-in-law; Price's estate included the "Worthy Park" slave plantation in Saint John Parish, Jamaica.

Family Lord Sherborne married Mary Legge, daughter of Henry Bilson-Legge, 2nd Baron Stawell and Mary Curzon, on 11 August 1803.

They had six children: James Dutton, 3rd Baron Sherborne (1804–1883), married firstly his cousin Lady Elizabeth Howard (1803–1845), daughter of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, and Elizabeth Jane Dutton, and secondly Susan Block (1829–1907), daughter of James Block. Mary Esther Dutton (1805–1806). Elizabeth Dutton (1807–1865), married Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 2nd Earl of Ducie. John Thomas Dutton (1810–1884), married Lady Lavinia Parker (1816-1893), daughter of Thomas Parker, 5th Earl of Macclesfield. John Thomas Dutton was the grandfather of Ralph Dutton, 8th Baron Sherborne. Anne Constance Dutton (1816–1858), married Admiral Edward Plunkett, 16th Lord Dunsany (1808–1889). Ralph Heneage Dutton (1821–1892), married Isabella Mansfield (1826–1895), daughter of John Mansfield and sister of William Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst.

Lord Sherborne died on 18 October 1862, aged 83, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, James. Lady Sherborne died in October 1864.

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British Baron

When was John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne born?

John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne was born on 24 June 1779.

When did John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne die?

John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne died on 18 October 1862.

What nationality was John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne?

John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne was British.

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· Wikipedia: John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne

· Wikidata: Q6230556

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