Biography of James Lenox Dutton 1713-1776

Paternal Family Tree: Naper

James Lenox Dutton and Jane Bond were married.

In or before 1713 [his father] James Naper and [his mother] Anne Dutton were married.

Around 1713 James Lenox Dutton was born to [his father] James Naper and [his mother] Anne Dutton.

In 1718 [his father] James Naper died.

After 1720 [his mother] Anne Dutton died.

Before 1740 James Lenox Dutton (age 26) and Catherine Ingoldsby were married.

Around 1740 [his son] John Dutton was born to James Lenox Dutton (age 27) and [his wife] Catherine Ingoldsby.

Around 1743 [his daughter] Anne Dutton was born to James Lenox Dutton (age 30) and Jane Bond. She married Samuel Blackwell.

On 22nd October 1744 [his son] James Dutton 1st Baron Sherborne was born to James Lenox Dutton (age 31) and Jane Bond. He married 1774 Elizabeth Coke Baroness Sherborne and had issue.

In 1749 [his son] William Naper aka Dutton was born to James Lenox Dutton (age 36) and Jane Bond.

In 1751 [his son] Thomas Dutton was born to James Lenox Dutton (age 38) and Jane Bond.

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On 29th November 1753 [his daughter] Jane Dutton was born to James Lenox Dutton (age 40) and Jane Bond at Sherborne, Gloucestershire. She married 25th October 1775 Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and had issue.

In 1755 [his son] Ralph Dutton was born to James Lenox Dutton (age 42) and Jane Bond.

In September 1771 [his son] John Dutton (age 31) died. He was buried at Saint Mary Magdalene's Church, Sherborne [Map].

In 1774 [his son] James Dutton 1st Baron Sherborne (age 29) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Coke Baroness Sherborne (age 21) were married.

On 25th October 1775 [his son-in-law] Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 21) and [his daughter] Jane Dutton (age 21) were married at Sherborne, Gloucestershire.

On 6th September 1776 James Lenox Dutton (age 63) died. He was buried at Saint Mary Magdalene's Church, Sherborne [Map]. Monument to James Lenox Dutton and his second wife Jane Bond sculpted by Richard "The Elder" Westmacott (age 29) in 1791. Remarkable for the quality of the carving and the stone (probably Carrara Marble) and the skeleton. Believed to be called Immortality Trampling Death. Life-sized angel leans on a medallion with profiles of the deceased, underfoot a prostrate skeleton (representing death).

Jane Bond: she was born to Christopher Bond. James Lenox Dutton and she were married. On 29th May 1776 she died.

John Zoffany His Life and Works. Portraits of James Lenox Naper (afterwards Dutton), Esq., and his second wife, Jane, daughter of Christopher Bond, Esq., their son, [his son] James, first Lord Sherborne; and daughter, [his daughter] Jane Mary, married to Thomas Coke, Esq., of Holkam, afterwards Earl of Leicester.

Interior of a room; Mrs. Dutton is seated near the fire talking to her son, who is playing cards with his sister seated opposite him; Mr. Dutton, also seated at the table, is talking to his daughter. Canvas 39¾ x 50.

Jane Dutton: On 29th November 1753 she was born to James Lenox Dutton and Jane Bond at Sherborne, Gloucestershire. On 25th October 1775 Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and she were married at Sherborne, Gloucestershire.

[his daughter] Jemima Dutton was born to James Lenox Dutton and Jane Bond.

[his daughter] Frances Dutton was born to James Lenox Dutton and Jane Bond. She married Charles Lambart and had issue.

[his daughter] Mary Dutton was born to James Lenox Dutton and Jane Bond. She married Thomas Master.

Royal Ancestors of James Lenox Dutton

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks

Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of James Lenox Dutton

GrandFather: James Naper

Father: James Naper

James Lenox Dutton 12 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dutton 9 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Dutton 10 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Dutton 11 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Dutton 12 x Great Grand Son of

GrandFather: Ralph Dutton 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Duncombe

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Duncombe 9 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Neville Poole 6 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Neville Poole 7 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 2 Grandmother: Grizel Poole 8 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Pye

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Pye

Mother: Anne Dutton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter Barwick

GrandMother: Mary Barwick Lady Dutton