James Huntly Dutton, 6th Baron Sherborne DSO

Distinguished Service Order

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 (5 March 1873 – 17 September 1949), was a British peer.

Background

Sherborne was the son of Colonel Hon. Charles Dutton (1842-1909), by his wife, May Arbuthnot Taylor (1849-1943). He was born in Fatchgarn, India where his father was Aide-de-camp

Aide-de-camp

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 to Frederick Roberts

Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts

Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Bt, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ, PC was a distinguished Indian born British soldier who regarded himself as Anglo-Irish and one of the most successful British commanders of the 19th century.-Early life:Born at Cawnpore, India, on...

, Commander-in-Chief, India

Commander-in-Chief, India

During the period of the British Raj, the Commander-in-Chief, India was the supreme commander of the Indian Army. The Commander-in-Chief and most of his staff were based at General Headquarters, India, and liaised with the civilian Governor-General of India...

. His father was also Assistant Quarter-Master General, Afghan War 1878-80. James Huntly Dutton was the grandson of James Henry Legge Dutton, 3rd Baron Sherborne

James Henry Legge Dutton, 3rd Baron Sherborne

James Henry Legge Dutton, 3rd Baron Sherborne , was a British peer.-Background:Sherborne was the son of John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne, of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, by his wife, Hon. Mary Bilson Legge , daughter of Henry Legge, 2nd Baron Stawelland Hon...

 and inherited the barony of Sherborne when both his uncles, Edward Dutton, 4th Baron Sherborne

Edward Dutton, 4th Baron Sherborne

Edward Lenox Dutton, 4th Baron Sherborne , was a British peer and diplomat.-Background:Sherborne was the son of James Dutton, 3rd Baron Sherborne, of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, by his wife, Lady Elizabeth Howard , daughter of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, and Hon...

 and Frederick Dutton, 5th Baron Sherborne

Frederick Dutton, 5th Baron Sherborne

Frederick George Dutton, 5th Baron Sherborne , was a British peer and clergyman.-Background:Sherborne was the son of James Dutton, 3rd Baron Sherborne, of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, by his wife, Lady Elizabeth Howard , daughter of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, and Hon...

 died childless (their younger brother Hon. Charles Dutton having predeceased them).

Career

Sherborne served in the Second Boer War

Second Boer War

The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State...

 1899-1902 and World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 1914-19; DSO

Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...

 1915.

Family

Sherborne married Ethel Mary Baird (1883-), daughter of William Baird and Caroline Muriel Burn-Callander, on 27 February 1908. They had the following children:

• Hon. Pamela Muriel Dutton (1910-).
• Hon. Charles Dutton, 7th Baron Sherborne (1911-1983).
• Hon. George Edward Dutton (1912-1981).
• Hon. Juliet Elizabeth Dutton (b. 1915-).

His younger brother, Vice-Admiral Hon. Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton CB CMG RN (1876-1932) participated in the Battle of Jutland

Order of battle at Jutland

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, the greatest naval battle of World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. He was also Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard 1922-24, Naval ADC to King George V 1926 and Commander Mediterranean Fleet Flotillas 1928-30. His younger sister, Hon. Mabel Honor Dutton, married 19 Aug 1903 Sir George James Robert Clerk of Penicuik, 9th Baronet.

Sherborne died on September 17, 1949 at age 76, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, Charles.