James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne


James Naper Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne, was a British peer.

Background

Sherborne was the son of James Lenox Dutton, of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, by his second wife Jane, daughter of Christopher Bond. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.

Political career

He was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1779–80 and was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in 1780, a seat he held until 1784. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Lord Sherborne, Baron of Sherborne, in the County of Gloucester.

Investments

In 1809 he became the major investor of the Gloucester and Cheltenham Railway Company, subscribing £10,000 of the £26,000 capital.

Family

Lord Sherborne married Elizabeth, daughter of Wenman Coke, in 1774. They had four children:
Lord Sherborne died in May 1820, aged 75, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, John. Lady Sherborne died in December 1824.

Obituary

His obituary, from the July - December 1820 New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register states: