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Habitational name for a person from the villages called Dutton in Cheshire or Lancashire, of different first elements. The one in Cheshire comes from Old English dun "hill, mountain", while the one in Lancashire comes from the Old English byname Dudda, both of them have the second element of tun "enclosure, town". A famous bearer of the name is Australian politician Peter Craig Dutton (1970-), who is the former leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.