John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne

John Baron Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne (24 June 1779 – 18 October 1862), was a British peer.

John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne
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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.[1]

According to the Legacies of British Slave-Ownership at the University College London, Dutton was awarded a payment as a slave trader in the aftermath of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 with the Slave Compensation Act 1837. The British Government took out a £15 million loan (worth £1.43 billion in 2020[2]) with interest from Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Moses Montefiore which was subsequently paid off by the British taxpayers (ending in 2015). Dutton was associated with "T71/854 St John No. 64A", he owned 464 slaves in Jamaica and received a £3,579 payment at the time (worth £342 thousand in 2020[2]).[3]

Family

Lord Sherborne married the Hon. Mary Legge (1780–1864), daughter of Henry Legge, 2nd Baron Stawell and Hon. Mary Curzon, on 11 August 1803. They had six children:

Lord Sherborne died on October 18, 1862, aged 83, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, James. Lady Sherborne died in October 1864.[4]

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References

  1. Lundy, Darryl. "p. 2935 § 29349". The Peerage..
  2. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. "John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne". University College London. Retrieved on 20 March 2019.
  4. Lundy, Darryl. "p. 2935 § 29348". The Peerage.
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
James Naper Dutton
Baron Sherborne
1820–1862
Succeeded by
James Henry Dutton
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