John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton

John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (18 October 1731 – 18 August 1783), of Spitchwick the parish of Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon, was an English lawyer and politician, born in Ashburton in Devon, who served as Solicitor-General from 1768.

Quotes

• The influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished.
  • Motion in the House of Commons, 6 April 1780, in T. C. Hansard, Parliamentary History of England, vol. 21 (1814), col. 347

External links

• Encyclopedic article on John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton on Wikipedia