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Sherborne, Baron (GB, 1784 - 1985)

Creation: let.pat. 20 May 1784

Extinct: 20 Apr 1985

Family name: Dutton

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Arms:

Quarterly Argent and Gules in the 2nd and 3rd quarters a Fret Or;  a Crescent for difference

Crest:

A Plume of five Ostrich Feathers respectively Argent Azure Or Vert and Gules

Supporters:

On either side a Wolf proper collared Gules charged with three Garbs Or

Motto:

 Servabo Fidem (I will protect the Faith)

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James [Naper later Dutton], 1st Baron Sherborne

1st son of James Lenox Naper later Dutton, of Loughcrew, co. Meath, by his second wife Jane Bond, dau. of Christopher Bond, of Newland, co. Gloucester

born

22 Oct 1744

mar.

7 Jul 1774 Elizabeth Coke (b. 28 May 1753; d. 17 Dec 1824), sister of Thomas William [Coke], 1st Earl of Leicester, and dau. of Wenman Roberts later Coke, of Longford, co. Derby, and of Holkham Hall, co. Norfolk, by his second wife Elizabeth Denton, dau. of George Chamberlayne later Denton, of Hillesden, co. Buckingham

children

1. Hon John Dutton, later 2nd Baron Sherborne

1. Hon Elizabeth Jane Dutton (b. 28 May 1775; d. 18 Apr 1836), mar. 3 Jan 1803 Thomas [Howard], 16th Earl of Suffolk, and had issue

2. Hon Anne Margaret Dutton (d. 27 Apr 1852)

3. Hon Frances Mary Dutton (d. 1807), mar. 1806 Prince Bariatinsky, and had issue

died

22 May 1820

created

20 May 1784 Baron Sherborne, of Sherborne in the County of Gloucester

suc. by

son

note

suc. to the family estates on the death of his elder half-brother 1771; High Sheriff of Gloucestershire 1779; Member of Parliament (Tory) for Gloucestershire 1781-84

John [Dutton], 2nd Baron Sherborne

born

24 Jan 1779

mar.

11 Aug 1803 Hon Mary Bilson-Legge (b. 22 Jul 1780; d. 21 Oct 1864), only dau. and hrss. of Henry Stawel [Bilson-Legge], 2nd Baron Stawel, by his wife Hon Mary Curzon, 2nd dau. of Assheton [Curzon], 1st Viscount Curzon

children

1. Hon James Henry Legge Dutton, later 3rd Baron Sherborne

2. Hon John Thomas Dutton, of Hinton Ampner House, co. Hampshire, High Sheriff of Hampshire 1866 (b. 23 Aug 1810; d. 22 Jun 1884), mar. 19 Jul 1836 Lady Lavinia Agnes Parker (d. 23 Aug 1810), 2nd dau. of Thomas [Parker], 5th Earl of Macclesfield, by his second wife Eliza Wolstenholme, yst. dau. of William Breton Wolstenholme, of Holly Hill, co. Sussex, and had issue:

1a. Henry John Dutton, of Hinton Ampner House, co. Hampshire (b. 17 Jan 1847; d. 1 Jan 1935), mar. 4 Apr 1888 Blanche Eleanor Cave (b. 11 Dec 1865; d. 13 Aug 1946), 2nd dau. of Laurence Trent Cave, of Ditcham Park, Burlton, co. Hampshire, by his second wife Lucy Greenwood, dau, of John Greenwood QC, of Broadhanger, Petersfield, co. Hampshire, and had issue:

1b. Ralph Stawell Dutton, later 8th Baron Sherborne

1b. Blanche Mary Stukeley Dutton

2b. Ursula Mary Lavinia Dutton

3b. Joane Mary Sherborne Dutton

2a. Rev Reginald George Dutton (b. 20 Jun 1857 ; d. 18 Nov 1886)

1a. Louisa Eliza Lavinia Dutton (d. 11 Jan 1923)

3. Hon Ralph Heneage Dutton, of Timsbury Manor, co. Hampshire, Member of Parliament for South Hampshire 1857-65 and for Cirencester 1865-68 (b. 5 Aug 1821; d. 8 Oct 1892), mar. 3 Aug 1848 Isabella Mansfield (d. 27 Feb 1895), sister of William Rose [Mansfield], 1st Baron Sandhurst, and 4th dau. of John Edward Mansfield, of Diggleswell House, co. Hertford, by his wife Mary Buchanan Smith, dau. of Gen Samuel Smith, of Baltimore, USA, and had issue:

1a. Isabella Mary Dutton (dsp. 4 Nov 1936), mar. 18 Jun 1872 Sir John Stephen Barrington Simeon, 4th Bt. (dsp. 26 Apr 1909)

1. Hon Elizabeth Dutton (b. 19 Feb 1807; d. 15 Mar 1865), mar. 29 Jun 1828 Henry George Francis [Reynolds-Moreton], 2nd Earl of Ducie, and had issue

2. Hon ..... Dutton

3. Hon Ann Constance Dutton (b. 12 Sep 1816; d. 27 Jun 1858), mar. 22 Sep 1846 Edward [Plunkett], 16th Baron Dunsany, and had issue

died

19 Oct 1862

suc. by

son

note

James Henry Legge [Dutton], 3rd Baron Sherborne

born

30 May 1804

mar. (1)

22 Jun 1826 his cousin Lady Elizabeth Howard (b. 6 Nov 1803; d. 29 Jul 1845), 1st dau. of Thomas [Howard], 16th Earl of Suffolk, by his wife Hon Elizabeth Jane Dutton, 1st dau. of James [Naper later Dutton], 1st Baron Sherborne

children by first wife

1. John William Dutton (b. 31 Aug 1828; dvp. 10 Aug 1850)

2. Henry James Edward Dutton (bapt. 20 Feb 1830; bur. vp. 1 Mar 1830)

3. Hon Edward Lenox Dutton, later 4th Baron Sherborne

4. James Robert Dutton (b. 23 Dec 1838; dvp. 14 May 1857)

5. Hon Frederick George Dutton, later 5th Baron Sherborne

6. Col Hon Charles Dutton, Assistant Quarter-Master General, Afghan War 1878-80 (b. 13 Dec 1842; d. 6 Nov 1909), mar. 23 Jan 1869 May Arbuthnot Taylor (d. 8 Mar 1943), dau. of George Noble Taylor, and had issue:

1a. James Huntly Dutton, later 6th Baron Sherborne

2a. Hon Piers Edwin Dutton, granted the style and precedence of the younger son of a Baron by Royal Licence 1920 (b. 28 Mar 1875; dsp. 21 Jun 1929), mar. 5 Oct 1909 Muriel Frances Caroline Wingfield (b. 3 Jan 1878; d. 15 Dec 1933), 1st dau. of Maj Edward Rhys Wingfield, of Barrington Park, co. Gloucester, by his wife Edith Caroline Wood, dau. of Rev Canon Peter Almeric Wood

3a. Vice-Admiral Hon Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton CB CMG RN, granted the style and precedence of the younger son of a Baron by Royal Licence 1920, Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard 1922-24, Naval ADC to King George V 1926, Commander Mediterranean Fleet Flotillas 1928-30 (b. 11 Sep 1876; d. 29 Sep 1932), mar. 12 Feb 1914 Doriel Hay (d. 28 Feb 1941), 2nd dau. of Sir John Adam Hay, 9th Bt., by his wife Anne Salisbury Mary Meliora Napier, 1st dau. of Sir Robert John Milliken Napier of Napier, 9th Bt., and had issue:

1b. Julia Meliora Dutton (b. 1914), mar. 18 Jan 1939 Bertram Salisbury Butler, of Burton Manor, Pulborough, co. Sussex, 4th son of Charles William Butler, of Onslow Court, London, and had issue

2b. Doriel Rowena Dutton (b. 1916), mar. 29 Aug 1940 W/Cdr Ian Norman Bayles DFC RAFVR, of Chatsworth Park, Tabilk, Victoria, Australia, son of Norman Bayles, of Dromere, Gullane, co. East Lothian, and Toorak, Melbourne, Australia, and has issue

1a. Hon Susan May Dutton, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of a Baron by Royal Licence 1920 (b. 19 Nov 1869; d. 19...), mar. 17 Feb 1890 Edmund Percy Calvert, of Spexhall Manor, Halesworth, co. Suffolk (b. 17 Oct 1860; d. 28 Aug 1930), only son of Edmund Calvert, of Knott House, Walton-le-Dale, co. Lancaster, by his wife Charlotte San Georgio, and had issue

2a. Hon Mabel Honor Dutton, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of a Baron by Royal Licence 1920 (b. 9 Feb 1880; d. 23 Jun 1974), mar. 19 Aug 1903 Sir George James Robert Clerk of Penicuik, 9th Bt., and had issue

7. Henry Thomas Dutton (b. 23 Jan 1844; dvp. 10 Apr 1857)

1. Hon Emily Isabella Constance Dutton (d. 28 Jan 1912), mar. 2 Sep 1863 Edwin Corbett, HBM Minister at Stockholm, and had issue

mar. (2)

3 Sep 1857 Susan Elizabeth Block (b. 24 Sep 1823; d. 7 Mar 1907), 1st dau. and cohrss. of James Block, of Charlton, co. Wiltshire, by his wife Susan Wilson, dau. of Alan Wilson, of Edinburgh

died

4 Mar 1883

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Edward Lenox [Dutton], 4th Baron Sherborne

born

23 Apr 1831

mar.

5 Jul 1894 Emily Teresa Stern (b. 21 Apr 1847; d. 13 Aug 1905), sister of Herbert [Stern], 1st Baron Michelham, and 1st dau. of Hermann Stern, Baron de Stern, by his wife Julia Goldsmid, dau. of Aaron Asher Goldsmid, of Cavendish Square, co. Middlesex

died

s.p. 19 Jul 1919

suc. by

brother

note

Frederick George [Dutton], 5th Baron Sherborne

born

28 May 1840

died

2 Jan 1920

suc. by

nephew

note

barrister, Lincoln's Inn 1867; ordained 1869; Curate, Sonning 1869-70; Vicar of Sherborne 1870-74 and of Bilbury 1874-1916; Honorary Canon, Gloucester Cathedral 1901

James Huntly [Dutton], 6th Baron Sherborne, DSO

born

5 Mar 1873

mar.

27 Feb 1908 Ethel Mary Baird, 1st dau. of Lt Col William Baird, of Elie, co. Fife, by his wife Caroline Muriel Callander, only dau. of John Alexander Burn Callender, of Preston Hall, co. Midlothian

children

1. Hon Charles Dutton, later 7th Baron Sherborne

2. Hon George Edward Dutton, of Windrush Manor, Burford, co. Oxford (b. 23 Sep 1912; dsp. 1981), mar. (1) 1 Mar 1945 Joan East, 2nd dau. of Capt Harold Thomas Bennett East, and (2) 1959 Pauline Stewart Shephard (former wife of Michael Shephard MC), 2nd dau. of Maj Stewart Robinson, of Lyonshall, Hereford

1. Hon Pamela Muriel Dutton (b. 19 Jan 1910)

2. Hon Juliet Elizabeth Dutton (b. 28 May 1915)

died

17 Sep 1949

suc. by

son

note

served in South African War 1899-1902 and World War I 1914-19; DSO 1915

Charles [Dutton], 7th Baron Sherborne

born

13 May 1911

mar.

20 Feb 1943 Joan Molesworth Jenkinson (widow of John Anthony Jenkinson; d. 1982), 3rd dau. of Sir James Hamet Dunn, 1st Bt.

died

s.p. 25 Dec 1982

suc. by

second cousin once removed

note

Ralph Stawell [Dutton], 8th Baron Sherborne

born

28 Aug 1898

died

20 Apr 1985

note

High Sheriff of Hampshire 1944; a Trustee of the Wallace Collection

On the death of the 8th Baron Sherborne the Barony of Sherborne became extinct.

 First written 26 Jun 2004

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