Background
Sherborne was the son of James Dutton, 3rd Baron Sherborne, of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, by his wife, Lady Elizabeth Howard (1803–1845), daughter of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, and Honorary
Sherborne was the son of James Dutton, 3rd Baron Sherborne, of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, by his wife, Lady Elizabeth Howard (1803–1845), daughter of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, and Honorary
Elizabeth Jane Dutton. Sherborne was a British diplomat with posts in Frankfurt, Germany and in Madrid, Spain. At the age of 51 he became the 4th baron Sherborne and inherited the Sherborne estate which had been somewhat depleted by his father.
Sherborne was President of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 1887-1888.
In addition, he was an antiquarian, an ornithologist and Justice of the Peace for the County of Gloucester. Of Aaron Asher Goldsmid, of Cavendish Square, company
Middlesex. The Stern family, much intermarried with the Goldsmids, Salomons, Mocattas, Montefiores and Jessels, was one of the most prominent (extended) families of (Sephardic) Anglo-Jewry.
They had no children.