Sir John Dutton, 2nd Baronet (1684–1743), of

Sherborne Sherborne is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in north west Dorset, in South West England. It is sited on the River Yeo (South Somerset), River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The parish include ...

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, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the

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from 1727 to 1734. Dutton was baptized on 2 January 1684, the eldest surviving son of Sir Ralph Dutton, 1st Baronet MP of Sherborne and his second wife Mary Barwick, daughter of Peter Barwick of London, who was physician in ordinary to Charles II. He was admitted at

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in 1701 at the expense of his grandfather, since his father had wasted away the family fortune. He married under a settlement of 17 June 1714, with £12,500, Mary Cullen, daughter of Sir Rushout Cullen, 3rd Baronet MP. She died in May 1719 and he married secondly (with £20,000) Mary Keck, daughter of Francis Keck of Great Tew, Oxfordshire on 1 June 1728. He succeeded his father in the

baronetcy A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

in 1721. At the 1727 general election, Dutton was returned unopposed as a Whig Member of Parliament for

. He voted against the Administration when present, except on the repeal of the Septennial Act. Before the 1734 general election he agreed to stand on a compromise with the Tories, but withdrew when John Stephens intervened and broke the compromise. He did not stand again, declaring that he was resolved to live quietly and never more to be dragged into public life. Dutton died in 1743 and was buried at

at midnight on 4 February 1743. The monument was sculpted by

John Michael Rysbrack Johannes Michel or John Michael Rysbrack, original name Jan Michiel Rijsbrack, often referred to simply as Michael Rysbrack (24 June 1694 – 8 January 1770), was an 18th-century Flemish sculptor, who spent most of his career in England where h ...

.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.338 He had two daughters by his second wife and no sons, so the baronetcy became extinct. He left his property to his nephew James Lenox Naper who changed his name to Dutton and was the father of James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne, with remainder to his brother-in-law

Sir Thomas Reade, 4th Baronet Sir Thomas Reade, 4th Baronet (c. 1684 – 1752) of Shipton Court, Oxfordshire was a British courtier and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons for 34 years from 1713 to 1747. Reade was the second son of Sir ...

and his brother George Reade. DuttonArms

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dutton, Sir John, 2nd Baronet 1684 births 1743 deaths British MPs 1727–1734 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of England