John Baron Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne (24 January 1779 – 18 October 1862),[1] was a British peer.
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.[2]
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 borrowed £15 million (£1.51 billion in 2024[3]) for his compensation, which was subsequently repaid by British taxpayers until 2015. Dutton was also associated with "T71/854 St John No. 64A", insofar as he owned 464 slaves in Jamaica and received a £3,579 payment at the time (worth £361,354 in 2024[3]).[4]
Lord Sherborne married Mary Legge (1780–1864), daughter of Henry Bilson-Legge, 2nd Baron Stawell and Mary Curzon, on 11 August 1803.
They had six children:
Lord Sherborne died on 18 October 1862, aged 83, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, James. Lady Sherborne died in October 1864.[5]