Ralph Dutton, 8th Baron Sherborne

He attended West Downs, a Preparatory School near Winchester, before studying at Eton College.

[4] After Eton, he went to Oxford University, where he formed the Uffizi Society, and later also studied at Cirencester Agricultural College.

On the death of his father Ralph Dutton commissioned architects Gerald Wellesley and Trenwith Wills to restore it to its Georgian appearance, worked carried out from 1936-39.

[citation needed] Dutton was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire for 1944.

With no direct heirs and unmarried, he gave his estate, including Hinton Ampner, to the National Trust on his death on 20 April 1985.

Ralph Dutton.
Hinton Ampner House. Ralph Dutton's bedroom was in the room with the bow windows to the left on the first floor.
The Uffizi Society, Oxford, c.1920. Ralph Dutton (wearing glasses) is seated third from left. Also in the front row are Lord Balniel, later 28th Earl of Crawford (2nd from left); Anthony Eden, subsequently Prime Minister and Earl of Avon (4th from left); and Lord David Cecil (5th from left). Second row: later Sir Henry Studholme (5th from left)
The memorial to Ralph Dutton in All Saints Church, Hinton Ampner