Baron Sherborne

Arms of Dutton: Quarterly argent and gules, in the second and third quarters a fret or
Heraldic achievement of the Barons Sherborne, crest: A plume of five ostrich feathers respectively argent azure or vert and gules; supporters: On either side a wolf proper collared gules charged with three garbs or
Sherborne House, seat of the Dutton family

Lord Sherborne, Baron of Sherborne, in the County of Gloucester, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.[1] It was created in 1784 for James Dutton, who had earlier represented Gloucestershire in Parliament. He was the son of James Dutton (originally James Naper) by Anne Dutton, daughter of Sir Ralph Dutton, 1st Baronet (see Dutton baronets). His father had assumed the surname of Dutton in lieu of his patronymic on succeeding to the Dutton estates in 1743. The title became extinct upon the death of the eighth Baron in 1985.

The Honourable Ralph Dutton, youngest son of the second Baron, was Member of Parliament for Hampshire South and Cirencester.

The hereditary Earl of Sherbourne was Lord John Marbury (portrayed by Roger Rees) on the American TV series The West Wing.

  1. ^ "No. 12541". The London Gazette. 8 May 1784. p. 1.