Francis Stacker Dutton CMG (18 October 1818 – 25 January 1877) was the seventh Premier of South Australia, serving twice, firstly in 1863 and again in 1865.

[citation needed] In 1839, Francis joined his older brothers Hampden, Pelham and Frederick[2] in Sydney, went overland to Melbourne, and followed mercantile pursuits for about 18 months He then joined his brother Frederick at Adelaide, in the colony of South Australia, and in 1842 or early in 1843, discovered copper at Kapunda, 45 miles north of Adelaide.

While in London, he prepared for publication his South Australia and its Mines, a work of 360 pages, a valuable contemporary account of the new colony published in 1846.

[citation needed] Dutton returned to South Australia in 1847, and in 1849 became a member of the Adelaide board of city commissioners.

[4] He formed his second cabinet on 22 March 1865 and was premier and commissioner of public works until 20 September of the same year,[4] when he became agent-general for South Australia in London.