BURTON, EDMUND CHARLES, eldest son of Edmund Singer Burton, Daventry, Northants., solicitor, and Anna Maria, dau. of Clarke Watkins, Daventry, Northants.; b. 4 Sep 1826; adm. 26 Sep 1838 (Scott's); QS 1841; rowed against Eton 26 Jul 1842, 1 Aug 1843; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1845, matr. 15 May 1845, Westminster Student to 1860; won Champion Sculler’s Cup at Thames Regatta 1846, Oxford University Pairs with Arthur Milman (qv) 1846, University Sculls 1847; rowed for Oxford v. Cambridge 1846, 1849; stroke of Oxford Eight at Henley 1847, 1848, and steered Oxford crew which won the Grand Challenge Cup there 1851; President, Oxford University Boat Club 1847-8; BA 1849; MA 1852; adm. solicitor, Mich. 1852; practised at Daventry, firm Burton and Willoughby; an all-round sportsman, being a fine runner and a prominent rider to hounds; won National Hunt Steeplechase 1860, 1861; joint donor of the Silver Sculls with Sir Patrick MacChombaich Colquhoun (qv), the first annual race for which took place in 1844; m. 1 Oct 1862 Rosamond Elizabeth, dau. of Joshua Verney Lace, Little Woolton, Lancs.; d. 21 Aug 1907.