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), daughter of Wenman Coke and Elizabeth Chamberlayne. As a result of the

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, Sherborne was given £3,579 in compensation from the British government as the executor of

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in Saint John Parish, Jamaica.

Family

Lord Sherborne married Mary Legge (1780–1864), daughter of

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and Mary Curzon, on 11 August 1803. They had six children: *

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(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

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. *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

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. *Anne Constance Dutton (1816–1858), married Admiral Edward Plunkett, 16th

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(1808–1889). * Ralph Heneage Dutton (1821–1892), married Isabella Mansfield (1826–1895), daughter of John Mansfield and sister of

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. 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.

References

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Recipients of payments from the Slavery Abolition Act 1833