Vice-Admiral the Honourable Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton, (11 September 1876 – 29 September 1932) was a

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officer who served during

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, and was Captain-Superintendent of

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from 1922 to 1924.

Background

Dutton was the younger son of Colonel Hon. Charles Dutton (1842–1909), by his wife, May Arbuthnot Taylor (1849–1943). He was born in

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, the summer capital of

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, where his father was Aide-de-camp to Frederick Roberts,

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. His father was a younger son of James Henry Legge Dutton, 3rd Baron Sherborne, and his older brother James Dutton (1873–1949) succeeded as

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in 1920, allowing his siblings to use the style ''the Honourable''. His sister Hon. Mabel Honor Dutton was married to Sir George James Robert Clerk of Penicuik, 9th Baronet.

Naval career

Dutton was commissioned in the Royal Navy, where he was promoted to

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in 1898. He was appointed to command of the

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HMS ''Locust'' in April 1902, while she was serving in the Mediterranean. He participated in the

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, the greatest naval battle of

. In April 1922 he was appointed Captain-Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard, serving as such until 1924. He was appointed a Naval ADC to King George in 1926, and promoted to

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later the same year. From 1928 until 1931 he was Commanding Destroyer Flotillas in the

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. He retired from the navy as vice-admiral in 1931.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dutton, Arthur Brandreth Scott 1876 births 1932 deaths Royal Navy vice admirals Companions of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Royal Navy personnel of World War I