James Naper Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne (22 October 1744 – 22 May 1820), was a British peer.

Background

Sherborne was the son of James Lenox Dutton (originally James Lenox Naper), of

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, by his second wife Jane, daughter of Christopher Bond. He was educated at

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(1755–1762) and

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(1763).

Political career

He was appointed

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for 1779–80 and was elected Member of Parliament for

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in 1780, a seat he held until 1784. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Lord Sherborne, Baron of Sherborne, in the County of Gloucester.

Investments

In 1809 he became the major investor of the Gloucester and Cheltenham Railway Company, subscribing £10,000 of the £26,000 capital.

Family

Lord Sherborne married Elizabeth, daughter of Wenman Coke and sister of the future Earl of Leicester, in 1774. They had four children: *Elizabeth Jane Dutton (1775–1836), married

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. *Anne Margaret Dutton (1776–1852) *Frances Mary Dutton (1778–1807), married Prince Ivan Ivanovitch Bariatinski of Russia (1772–1825)., Russian Minister to the Court of Bavaria. *

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(1779–1862), married Mary Bilson Legge (1780–1864), daughter of Henry Bilson Legge, 2nd Baron Stawell (1757–1820). Lord Sherborne died in May 1820, aged 75, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, John. Lady Sherborne died in December 1824.

Obituary

His obituary, from the July - December 1820 New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register states:

References

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