Background
Sherborne was the son of James Lenox Dutton (originally James Lenox Naper), of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, by his second wife Jane, daughter of Christopher Bond.
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James Naper Dutton
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Education
He was educated at Eton College (1755-1762) and Christ Church, Oxford (1763).
Career
The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Lord Sherborne, Baron of Sherborne, in the County of Gloucester. Lord Sherborne married Elizabeth, daughter of Wenman Coke, in 1774. They had four children:
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Elizabeth Jane Dutton (1775–1836), married Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk.
Anne Margaret Dutton (1776–1852)
Honorary Frances Mary Dutton (1778–1807), married Prince Ivan Ivanovitch Bariatinski of Russia (1772–1825)., Russian Minister to the Court of Bavaria.
John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne (1779–1862), married Mary Bilson Legge (1780–1864), daughter of Henry Bilson Legge, 2nd Baron Stawell (1757–1820). Lady Sherborne died in December 1824.
His obituary, from the July - December 1820 New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register states:.
Membership
15th Parliament of Great Britain]
He was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1779-1780 and was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in 1780, a seat he held until 1784.
