Henry Dutton (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}

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| country = England

| fullname = Henry John Dutton

| birth_date = 17 January 1847

| birth_place = Paddington, Middlesex, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1935|1|1|1847|1|17|df=yes}}

| death_place = Hinton Ampner, Hampshire, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Unknown

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| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1875

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 7

| bat avg1 = –

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 7*

| deliveries1 = 36

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| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 26 May

| year = 2022

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11967.html Cricinfo

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Henry John Dutton {{postnominal|JP}} (17 January 1847 — 1 January 1935) was an English cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of The Hon. John Thomas Dutton,{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DH5QAQAAMAAJ |title=Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire |year=1904 |volume=66 |pages=1410 |access-date=2024-05-29}} he was born at Paddington on 17 January 1847.{{Cite web |title=Henry Dutton Profile |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/henry-dutton-11967 |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}} He was educated at Eton College,{{cite book |title=Eton College Register 1862–1868 |date=1906 |publisher=Spottiswoode & Co. |location=Eton |page=26 |url=https://archive.org/details/etonregister01collgoog/page/n57 |language=en}} after which he entered into the British Army by purchasing the rank of ensign in the Rifle Brigade in November 1866.{{London Gazette|issue=23185|date=16 November 1866|page=6064}} Dutton later made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Kent at Winchester in 1875.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6575/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Henry Dutton|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-05-26|url-access=subscription}} From the lower order, he scored 0 not out in the first innings in which he batted, and 7 not out in the second innings.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6575/First-Class_Matches.html|title=Hampshire v Kent, 1875|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-05-26|url-access=subscription}} In June the following year, he retired from the Rifle Brigade with the rank of lieutenant.{{London Gazette|issue=24336|date=13 June 1876|page=3455}} In later life, Dutton served as a justice of the peace for Hampshire. He died at Hinton Ampner House in Hampshire on New Year's Day in 1935.Deaths. Hampshire Advertiser. 5 January 1935. p. 1 He was survived by his wife, Eleanor, with whom he had four children; amongst them was Ralph Dutton, 8th Baron Sherborne.