title: Ralph Dutton
text: # Ralph Dutton
  
  The Hon. Ralph Heneage Dutton (5 August 1821 – 8 October 1892), was a British Conservative politician.
  
  ## Background
  
  Dutton was the third and youngest son of John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne, by his marriage to the Hon. Mary Legge, only child and heiress of Henry Bilson-Legge, 2nd Baron Stawell.
  
  ## Political career
  
  Dutton was elected Member of Parliament for Hampshire South in 1857, a seat he held until 1865, and then represented Cirencester until 1868.
  
  ## Family
  
  Dutton married Isabella, daughter of John Mansfield, in 1848. He died in October 1892, aged 71. They had one daughter, Isabella Mary Dutton (1854-1936) who married Sir John Simeon, 4th Baronet.
  
  