John Dunning

John Dunning

Male 1731 - 1783  (51 years)

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  1. 1.  John Dunning was born on 18 Oct 1731 in Ashburton, Devon, England; died on 18 Aug 1783 in Exmouth, Devon.

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    --- "Report and Transactions - The Devonshire Association" Vol. 8, page 106:
    . . . but Dunning expired at Exmouth on the 18th of August, 1783, after repeated attacks of paralysis. His remains lie interred in a vault of Ashburton Church, where a marble tablet on the wall of the south aisle bears an inscription to his memory, which is said to be the production of his friend Dr. Johnson.

    In Memory of
    John Dunning, Lord Ashburton,
    A Native of This Town,
    Qho by His Private Virtues
    United with the Exertion of Rare and Excellent Talents,
    Rose to That Pre-eminence
    Which Neither Birth nor Titles Can Bestow.
    He Married Elizabeth, Daughter of John Baring, Esq.,
    By Whom He Had Two Sons,
    John and Richard Barre: The Youngest of
    Which Only Survived Him.
    He Died 18th August, 1783. Aged 51.

    The title, and a fortune estimated at 180,000 pounds, now devolved on Lord Ashburton's sole surviving child, then fifteen months old, and named Richard Barre Dunning, in compliment to Col. Barre, his father's old friend and associate in the representation of Calne.

    John married Elizabeth Baring on 31 Mar 1780 in St. Leonard's, Exeter, Devon. Elizabeth (daughter of John Baring and Elizabeth Vowler) was born on 21 Jul 1744 in Larkebeare, Devon; died on 23 Feb 1809 in Cardigan Place, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


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