Burton, Edward Lingen, 1836-1865
- GB-2014-WSA-04202
- Person
- 1836-1865
BURTON, EDWARD LINGEN, son of Robert Lingen Burton (qv), and his second wife; b. 12 Jun 1836; at Marlborough Coll. Aug 1846 - Christmas 1847; adm. 31 Jan 1850 (Rigaud's); his pursuit with Francis Markham (qv) over the roofs of the precincts after Frank Buckland’s monkey is related in Recollections of a Town-Boy at Westminster, pp 202-4; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 May 1855; went out to Natal with Julius Alington (qv), where he started farming; m. 20 Jun 1865 Edith Maria, only dau. of Charles James Tyrell Oakes, East Bergholt, Suffolk; d. at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, 6 Apr 1865.