Showing 21201 results

Burford, Patrick Gerald Roberts, brother of Francis Rupert Roberts Burford (q.v.); b. Aug. 23, 1902; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (R); non-resident K.S. Sept. 1917; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1921, matric. Michaelmas 1921; B.A. 1925; admitted a solicitor 1928; secretary of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce 1946; 2nd Lieut. Artists Rifles, T. A., Dec. 1928; Lieut. Dec. 1931; Capt. Sept. 1932; Major Feb. 28, 1938; Lieut.-Col. 1943; T. D.; mentioned in despatches (N. W. Europe) L. G. Aug. 2, 1945; U. S. Bronze Star Medal and French Croix de Guerre; m. April 20, 1938, Joan Lillian, daughter of Charles Gifferd, of Westgate-on-Sea, Kent; d. 11 Mar. 1981.

Burge, Frederick, son of Charles Burge, of London, by Sarah Catherine, daughter of John Angle, of Homsey, Middlesex; b. March 3, 1870; adm. April 1884 (R); left July 1887; R.M.A. Woolwich 1888; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Feb. 14, 1890; Lieut. Feb. 14, 1893; killed while playing polo at Jullundur, India, Oct. 3, 1894.

BURGES, ---; b.; KS in 1613 (Chapter Muniments 33669).

Burges, Ann; daughter of James Burges, bell ringer, Westminster Abbey, and Ann --- ; Dame of a boarding house in Great Smith Street ; first of eighteen recorded boarders in the period covered by available boarding data adm. Feb 1742/3, last recorded pupil in this period adm. Jun 1752, but further boarders are recorded in 1757 and in the early 1760s, and Russell Barker and Stenning give the terminal date for her boarding house as 1771 ; still living in 1777 when she was a legatee under the will of Edward Wortley Montagu (qv). Niece of Mrs.Sarah Preston (Dame, see below).

BURGES, GEORGE, brother of James Burges (qv); b. 17 May 1725; adm. Jul 1735; left 1738; Lieut., Duke of Bedford’s Regt. (68th Foot), 27 Sep 1745; captured standard of Prince Charles Edward’s Bodyguard at battle of Culloden, 16 Apr 1746; Cornet, 3rd Dragoons, 19 Jan 1747 - 19 Jun 1752; ADC and Military Secretary to Gen. Humphrey Bland, Commander in Chief, Scotland; Secretary to Gen. Bland when Governor of Gibraltar; Receiver-Gen. and Cashier to Garrison, Gibraltar, afterwards Deputy Paymaster and Agent for Prizes, Gibraltar; left Gibraltar Nov 1757; Secretary to Commissioners of Excise, Scotland, Jun 1758; Receiver-Gen., Duty on Places and Pensions, Scotland; a Commissioner of Excise, Scotland, 1761-8; Comptroller-Gen., Revenues, Scotland, from 1768; m. 23 Dec 1748 Hon. Anne Wichnour Somerville, sister of James, 13th Baron Somerville (S) (qv); d. 16 Mar 1786.

BURGES, JAMES, son of James Burges, Grey’s Lee, Sulhampstead, Berks., and Mary, dau. of Rev. Robert Jones, Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1721; in under school list 1722; Apothecary to the Ordnance; m. [?]; d. 8 Apr 1771.

Burges, John Roger, son of Group Capt. Roger Burges OBE RAF (previously Cdr. RN), and Olivia Mary, sister of Kenneth Edward Champness (qv); b. 18 Oct. 1919; adm. Jan. 1932 (H); left Apr. 1936; GEC Res. Labs 1936-40; Univ. of Lond. 1936-9 and 1946-8, BSc; PO (A&SD) RAFVR Sept. 1940; transf. Tech. Branch Dec. 1940; Flt Lieut. Sept. 1941, Sqdn Ldr Apr. 1945, Wing Cdr. Sept. 1955, Group Capt. Sept. 1960, Air Cdre Feb. 1969, retd. Oct. 1974; RAF Tech. Coll. 1954-5, Staff Coll. 1958-9; FIEE 1963, FRAeS 1968, CEng; MIL 1980; engineering consult. 1977-87; m. 4 Aug. 1951 Rosalind, d. of T. R. Turner, admin. civil servant; d. 17 Aug. 2015.

BURGES, JOHN, brother of James Burges (qv); bap 23 Oct 1721; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1734; left 1736; apprenticed to John Foxall, citizen and goldsmith, 10 Dec 1736; a Hamburg merchant; m. 28 Oct 1758 Mary Glover (IGI) (“sister of R. Glover”); d. 12 Oct 1767.