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BURTON, THOMAS, third son of Thomas Burton (qv); b. 2 Oct 1710; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1723; in under school list 1724; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 Mar 1724/5, Canoneer Student 8 Jul 1725 – void 9 May 1748 (expiry year of grace as R. Batsford), Tutor 1737-40, Junior Censor 1737-8, Senior Censor 1739-40, Catechist 1740-6; BA 1728; MA 1731; BD 1741; DD 1744; ordained; Vicar of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford, 1743; Rector of Batsford, Gloucs., from 1747 (year of grace from 11 May 1747); Chancellor of St. David’s, 18 Mar 1747-9 (installed 7 May 1748), Archdeacon of St. David’s from 1 Aug 1749; Prebendary of Gloucester, 24 May 1755-61; Prebendary of Durham from 18 Aug 1760; d. 15 Jul 1767 (M. I. Batsford, Gloucs. ).

BURTON, THOMAS, son of Thomas Burton, Kingsland, Hereford, and Deborah, sister of Benjamin Woodroffe (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1669; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1672, matr. 3 Jul 1672, aged 18, Westminster Student 28 Feb 1673 - 30 Dec 1702, Tutor 1680-91, Junior Censor 1684, Senior Censor 1685-7; BA 1676; MA 1679; BD 1686; DD 1690; ordained (by 1685); Vicar of Frocester, Gloucs., 1686-92 [check]; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 30 Nov 1702, Sub-Dean to Dec 1711; [perhaps Chaplain in Ordinary to George I (Chamberlayne 1716 : “Dr. Burton”)]; Rector of Eastleach Martin, Gloucs., 1703-28; m. Ann Allen, Finchley, Middlesex; d. 3 Jul 1733.

BURWELL, THOMAS, son of Edward Burwell, Rougham, Suffolk, and Mary, dau. of Jeffrey Pitman, Woodbridge, Suffolk; bap 20 Apr 1626; adm.; KS 1640; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 31 May 1645, scholar 1645, matr. Easter 1646; BA 1648/9; adm. Leiden Univ 3 May 1653, MD (incorp Camb. 1653); practised medicine in London to 1665, in Dorchester 1665-83, and then again in London; FRCP 20 Oct 1664, Censor 1684, 1689, 1695, 1696, Registrar 23 Jul 1685-8, President 1692, 1693; author of medical pamphlets; m. 15 Sep 1659 Jane, widow of Rev. John Stoughton DD, Perpetual Curate of St. Mary Aldermanbury, London, and previously of Rev. Walter Newburgh, Rector of Symondsbury, Dorset, and dau. of John Browne MP, Frampton, Dorset; d. 30 Jan 1701/2.

BURY, HENRY; b.; adm. 29 May 1812.

Bury, John Bernard, brother of Kenneth de Kay Bury (qv); b. 10 July 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (G); left July 1935; Balliol Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935; Roy. Signals 1940-5 (Maj. ); joined Shell Group 1947; dir. Shipping Fedn 1955-9; foreign member Portuguese Academy 1962; dir. Shell (Switzerland) 1964-6; Fellow commoner Churchill Coll. Camb. 1972-3; author of various works on Spanish and Italian art and architecture; m. 8 Sept. 1945 Anne Henderson MBE, d. of Duncan Henderson of Willingdon, Sussex; d. 18 Jan. 2017.

Bury, Kenneth de Kay, son of Edward Basil Bury of Dublin, and Phyllis Edwalyn Dunboyne, d. of Charles Augustus de Kay of New York; b. 13 Apr. 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (G); left July 1934; King's Coll. Camb., matric. 1934, BA 1938; RA 1940-6; staff of LCC, later GLC, 1959-74; d. 23 July 2004.

BURY, OLIVER ROBERT HAWKE, son of Edward Bury, Westbourne Square, Hyde Park, London, barrister, and Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Dowker, Laysthorpe, Helmsley, Yorks.; b. 3 Nov 1861; adm. 23 Jan 1874 (James'); left Dec 1878; a railway engineer, AMICE 5 Apr 1887, MICE 27 Feb 1894; began career in Locomotive Department, London and North-Western Railway Co.; General Manager and Chief Engineer, Entre Rios Railway, Argentina, 1894; General Manager, Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway, 1900-2; General Manager, Great Northern Railway (afterwards LNER) 1902-12, director 1912-45; one of Commissioners appointed to enquire into working and management of Egyptian State Railways, 1904; chairman, London Electricity Supply Corporation, and London Power Co.; JP (1917) Hertfordshire; d. 21 Mar 1946.

Bury, Patrick James, brother of Kenneth de Kay Bury (qv); b. 16 Feb. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (KS); left July 1937; St John's Coll. Camb., matric. 1937, BA 1948; RAF in WW2; d. in Rome 29 Aug. 1987.

BURY, REGINALD FREDERICK, brother of Oliver Robert Hawke Bury (qv); b. 14 Feb 1865; adm. (J) 21 Jun 1878; left May 1880; MRCS LRCP 1892; medical practitioner at Leamington, Warwicks. (1901 Census); m. 21 Dec 1897 Annie Mabel, only dau. of Charles Howard, Gloucester Square, Hyde Park, London.