John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton

The Lord Ashburton.

John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (18 October 1731 – 18 August 1783) was an English lawyer and politician.

He was first noticed in English politics when he wrote a notice in 1762 defending the British East India Company merchants against their Dutch rivals. He was a Member of Parliament from 1768 onward. His career in the House of Commons is most famous for his Commons motion in 1780 that "the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished". He was created Baron Ashburton in 1782.

On 31 March 1780, Dunning married Elizabeth Baring (21 July 1744 – 23 February 1809), daughter of the late John Baring and his wife Elizabeth Vowler, and sister of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet.^[1] They had two sons, of whom the elder died April 1783, and the younger son, Richard Barre Dunning (b. 16 September 1782; and announced on the 20th in the Exeter Flying Post), who succeeded to the title aged nearly 11 months. Lord Dunning himself died 18 August 1783, leaving a widow Elizabeth (who died 1809 aged 64) and a very young son, who succeeded in the barony.

References

1. ^ Darryl Landy. John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton. The Peerage website. Last edited 22 February 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2009

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by John Calcraft Thomas FitzMaurice	Member of Parliament for Calne 1768–1782 With: Thomas FitzMaurice 1768–1774 Isaac Barré 1774–1782	Succeeded by James Townsend Isaac Barré
Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Clarendon	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1782–1783	Succeeded by The Earl of Derby
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation	Baron Ashburton 1st creation 1782–1783	Succeeded by Richard Dunning

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Name	Dunning, John 1st Baron Ashburton
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Date of birth	18 October 1731
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Date of death	18 August 1783
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