The Hon. Ralph Heneage Dutton (5 August 1821 – 8 October 1892), was a British

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politician.

Background

Dutton was the third and youngest son of

John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne 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, by his wife Elizabeth Coke (1753–1824), da ...

, by his marriage to the Hon. Mary Legge, only child and heiress of

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Political career

Dutton was elected

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for Hampshire South in 1857, a seat he held until 1865, and then represented

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until 1868.

Family

Dutton married Isabella, daughter of John Mansfield, in 1848. He died in October 1892, aged 71. They had one daughter, Isabella Mary Dutton (1854-1936) who married

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* 1821 births 1892 deaths Younger sons of barons Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1820s-stub