Frederick George Dutton, 5th Baron Sherborne (28 May 1840 – 2 January 1920), was a British peer and clergyman. He was born in

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, and died in

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Background

Sherborne was the son of

James Dutton, 3rd Baron Sherborne James Henry Legge Dutton, 3rd Baron Sherborne (30 May 1804 – 8 March 1883), was a British peer. Background Sherborne was the son of John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne, of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, by his wife, Hon. Mary Bilson Legge (1780–1 ...

, of

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, by his wife, Lady Elizabeth Howard (1803–1845), daughter of

Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, 9th Earl of Berkshire FSA (18 August 1776 – 4 December 1851) was a British peer and politician. Background Suffolk was the second but eldest surviving son of General John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk, and ...

, and Hon. Elizabeth Jane Dutton.

Career

Barrister, Lincoln's Inn 1867; ordained 1869; Curate, Sonning 1869–70; Vicar of Sherborne 1870–74 and of

1874–1916; Honorary

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1901–1920.

Ornithology

A keen

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, he was President of the Avicultural Society from 1895 to 1920. He is best known in the aviary world for the notes he provided for W.T. Greene's book ''Parrots in Captivity'', published in three volumes between 1884 and 1887. At his home in

he had a large collection of

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s. He was also an adjudicator for British and foreign birds, at many exhibitions held at

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. He contributed to issues of the ''Avicultural Magazine'', under the heading "Parrot Notes".

Family

Sherborne never married and died on 2 January 1920, aged 79. He was succeeded in the barony by his nephew,

James Dutton, 6th Baron Sherborne James Huntly Dutton, 6th Baron Sherborne, DSO (5 March 1873 – 17 September 1949), was a British peer. Background Sherborne was the son of Colonel Hon. Charles Dutton (1842–1909), by his wife, May Arbuthnot Taylor (1849–1943). He was born ...

, son of Colonel Hon. Charles Dutton (1842–1909), the younger (and by then deceased) brother of Edward and Frederick. He donated several pieces to the

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References

1840 births 1920 deaths

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