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.
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.
Lord Sherborne married the Honorary Mary Bilson-Legge (1780–1864), daughter of Henry Bilson-Legge, 2nd Baron Stawell and Honorary Mary Curzon, on August 11, 1803.
They had six children:
Elizabeth Jane Dutton, and secondly Susan Block (1829–1907), daughter of James Block.
Mary Esther Dutton (1805–1806). Elizabeth Dutton (1807–1865), married Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 2nd Earl of Ducie.
John Thomas Dutton (1810–1884), married Lady Lavinia Parker, daughter of Thomas Parker, 5th Earl of Macclesfield. John Thomas Dutton was the grandfather of Ralph Dutton, 8th Baron Sherborne.
Anne Constance Dutton (1816–1858), married Admiral Edward Plunkett, 15th Lord Dunsany (1808–1889).
Ralph Heneage Dutton (1821–1892), married Isabella Mansfield (1826–1895), daughter of John Mansfield. Lady Sherborne died in October 1864.