Early in my recent holiday in Florida I was sent the following link to a portrait purporting to be John Dutton of Dutton. Ed Dutton, who sent it to me, doubted it was he because of the Coat of Arms.
Does anyone have any thoughts on the Coat of Arms and the possible identity of the man in the portrait?
I will update this post in a few days with a summary of the responses, plus my own thoughts.
UPDATE
Thank you to those who have sent me their thoughts. I plan to visit Sherborne Park, where the picture resides, in the near future and will post my conclusions subsequently.
Meanwhile you might like to check out the this biography, and compare the Coat of Arms in the John Dutton portrait with the one below.
Werburghton, vel Warburton, of Arley
Arms: Quarterly –
1 Quarterly Argent and Gules, in the second and third a fret Or, a crescent for difference [Dutton]
2 Argent, a chevron between three cormorants Sable [Warburton]
3 Argent, two chevrons Sable, on a canton Gules a mullet Or [Warburton]
4 Argent, an orle within eight martlets in orle Sable [Winnington]
5 Sable, a cross patonce Argent [Pulford] [this coat is also recorded elsewhere as that of Eaton]
6 Azure, a garb Or, between two bezants in fess [Grosvenor]
Crest: A man’s head affronte, couped at the shoulders Sable, bearded Or, wreathed about the temples Or and Gules, issuing therefrom three ostrich feathers of the second.
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