Dutton family of South Australia

The Duttons of South Australia were a family which included many wealthy and influential persons, whose relationships are listed below:

Family

Frederick Hugh Hampden Dutton
Born1768
Died27 December 1847(1847-12-27) (aged 78–79)
Spouse(s)Mary Ann Pollock (1783— )
ChildrenInclude: (William) Hampden Dutton (1805–1849), Frederick Hansborough Dutton (1812–1890), Francis Stacker Dutton (1818–1877)
British agent, Cuxhaven, Hanover, Germany

Frederick Hugh Hampden Dutton (1768[1] – 27 December 1847), occasionally written Mendes Dutton to reflect the original family name, was for many years British agent at Cuxhaven, Hanover, where most if not all of his children were born. He may have settled in Victoria in the 1830s,[2] but he died in Rotterdam. He married Mary Ann Pollock (c. 1783 – ) on 30 August 1804. Their family included:

  • (William) Hampden Dutton (1805 – 21 November 1849), born in Cuxhaven. He married Charlotte da Silva Cameron (1813 – 11 May 1885) on 2 July 1831 at St James Church, Sydney.[3] Charlotte was a stepdaughter of Captain John Finnis (1802–1872) and sister of Charles Kingston's mother Catherina da Silva Cameron (1824 – 21 October 1851).
  • Mary Broughton Rebecca Emma Dutton (1830–) born in Sydney)
  • Mary Anne Elizabeth Dutton (1832–) born in Cobbitty – ) married John Taylor on 13 August 1857
  • Luduvina (often written Luduvine, Ludivine) Charlotte Jane Dutton (1833 – 14 May 1868) born in Sydney, married Dr. Robert Waters Moore M.R.C.S. (1819 – 6 December 1884) on 3 December 1851. Dr. Moore was the Colonial Surgeon.
  • William Broughton Dutton (1838 – 27 June 1863) born in Sydney, died at North Adelaide
  • Charles George Cameron Dutton (1842 – 14 July 1887) born at Merri Creek, Victoria, died in Adelaide)
  • Henry Dutton (1844 – 25 or 26 August 1914) born in Melbourne, died at Anlaby; married Helen Elizabeth Thomas (ca.1844 – 8 October 1901) on 10 May 1873. He inherited Anlaby Station from his uncle Frederick Hansborough Dutton. In 1907 he purchased the James Martin & Co. foundry and workshops in Gawler. He was owner of the steam yacht Adele.
  • Ethel da Silva Dutton (3 February 1876 – 8 February 1892) died after fall from rocks, Granite Island
  • Henry Hampden Dutton (13 February 1879 – 15 June 1932) inherited 'Anlaby' in 1914. He married Emily Martin (13 November 1884 – 11 May 1962), daughter of John Felix Martin (14 August 1844 – 14 December 1916) of Gawler on 29 November 1905; their children included:
  • John Hansborough Dutton (23 August 1906 – 1989)
  • Richard Hampden Dutton (6 August 1909 – ) married Margaret Elizabeth Newland on 25 February 1933. Margaret was a daughter of Victor Marra Newland. He moved to Sydney and she divorced him in 1940.
  • Bryony Helen Carola Dutton (22 October 1918 – 2005) was engaged to William Weatherly (Flying Officer with 459 Squadron and later awarded DFC) in 1940 but married American soldier William Robert Curkeet on 24 August 1942. She returned to South Australia in 1945;[4] they divorced and she married distinguished lawyer Professor, later Sir, Richard Arthur "Dick" Blackburn OBE (26 July 1918 – 1 October 1987) on 1 December 1951.[5] They had two children:
  • Charlotte Blackburn, later Calder
  • Tom Blackburn SC
  • Geoffrey Piers Henry Dutton (2 August 1922 – 17 September 1998), noted writer, married Ninette Trott in 1944, they had two sons and a daughter; divorced 1985, he married Robin Lucas in 1985
  • Zelie Adele Dutton (1846 – 12 Nov 1909) was born in Melbourne, died at her home, "Holbeche", in Barton Terrace, North Adelaide[6] She was charity worker for Christ Church, North Adelaide, friend of Dean Charles Marryat, secretary of Girls' Friendly Society, for many years lived with sister and mother, brother's yacht Adele named for her.[7]
  • Ewin Wallace Cameron Dutton (1848 – 26 October 1864) born in Collingwood, Victoria, died at Glenelg
  • Louisa Catherine (or Luise Catharina) Dutton (1809–1873) married Friedrich Brödermann; probably never set foot in Australia
  • Frederick Hansborough (or Hansbrow) Dutton (1812 – 22 April 1890), born in Cuxhaven, emigrated to New South Wales, moved to South Australia, where with Charles Hervey Bagot, ran a sheep station on the River Light, later founded Anlaby Station. He left for England and died without marrying, left Anlaby to his nephew Henry Dutton.
  • Pelham John Richard Dutton (c. 1814 – 11 April 1847) died at Hindley Street, Adelaide married Elizabeth Wilson (died 26 January 1860 in London – she remarried to Richard Willoughby Laws on 7 July 1849) on 1 October 1839 while living at Wambrook, Monaroo Plains
  • Mary Ann Emma Slade (known as Emma) Dutton (26 February 1841 – ) born in Fremantle, Western Australia, married Erasmus Coryton Roberts, MA. in England on 22 December 1863

He was associated with the partnership Thomas, Enscoe and James (George Thomas, John Enscoe, and Nicholas James of Nicholas James & Co., 5 Lower George Street, Sydney) which chartered the Coromandel to carry sheep and cattle from Port Phillip to Western Australia in January 1841[8] Of the 1,100 head of sheep loaded on board, two thirds died on the voyage, a fact attributed to lack of hydration.[9] The partnership dissolved in 1842; Dutton was declared insolvent around the same time. He followed his brother William Hampden Dutton as consul at Sydney for Hanse Towns 1844 – 1847.[10]

  • Charlotte Maria Dutton (1816 – 9 May 1884) married Richard Sturenberg Cankrien, businessman of Rotterdam; probably never set foot in Australia
  • Francis Stacker Dutton C.M.G. (1818 – 25 January 1877) (seventh Premier and first Agent-General for South Australia) married Caroline MacDermott or McDermott, (c. 1822 – 1 June 1855) on 7 November 1849. Caroline was a daughter of Marshall MacDermott; her sisters were married to Justice Stow, Samuel Tomkinson, and John Taylor. And Rev. Brydges-Knight?
  • Francis "Frank" MacDermott or McDermott Dutton (1850 – c. 9 May 1932)[11]
  • Caroline Birch Dutton (15 August 1852 – ) married barrister Charles Thomas Mitchell in England on 17 August 1878.
  • Sir Frederick Dutton (14 April 1855 – c. 10 October 1930), solicitor of Wilkins, Blyth, Dutton and Hartley, married Beatrice Aimee Bridger MBE (1863 – 1 August 1928) in England on 20 December 1883.
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References
  1. "Familieberichten on-line". Rotterdamse Courant. 1 January 1848. Retrieved 11 December 2015. Several modern biographies give his birth year as 1778 but Australian obituaries had him at "the advanced age of 80 years", which tallies with the Rotterdam figure.
  2. "Mr. H. H. Dutton Dies in Sleep". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 16 June 1932. p. 8. Retrieved 11 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Australia Marriages, 1810–1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTZM-1J3 : accessed 18 April 2016), William Hampden Dutton and Charlotte De Silva Cameron, 21 Jun 1831; citing Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, reference 119; FHL microfilm 990,953.
    "Australia Marriages, 1810–1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTCG-Q47 : accessed 18 April 2016), William Hampden Dutton and Charlotte De Silva Cameron, 02 Jul 1831; citing St. James, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, reference ; FHL microfilm 993,950.
  4. "Won U.S. Flying Licences". The News. Adelaide. 31 October 1945. p. 7. Retrieved 29 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Richard Refshauge, 'Blackburn, Sir Richard Arthur (Dick) (1918–1987)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/blackburn-sir-richard-arthur-dick-114/text21909, published first in hardcopy 2007, accessed online 29 November 2015.
  6. "Family Notices". The Advertiser. LII (15, 936). South Australia. 13 November 1909. p. 10. Retrieved 18 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Personal". Evening Journal. XLIII (12054). South Australia. 16 November 1909. p. 1. Retrieved 18 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Port Phillip". The Courier. Hobart, Tas. 29 December 1840. p. 2. Retrieved 24 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Imported Stock". The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal. WA. 23 January 1841. p. 2. Retrieved 12 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Consuls of Hamburg, Prussia, the North German Confederation and the German Empire in Sydney 1840-1897". Retrieved 16 December 2015. This reference uniquely gives Pelham's age at death, supported by records at the West Terrace Cemetery.
  11. "Rail Revenue Still Mounting". The Chronicle. Adelaide. 12 May 1932. p. 37. Retrieved 25 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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