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BURLAND, JOHN BERKELEY, son of Sir John Burland, Kt, a Baron of the Exchequer, and Laetitia, only dau. of William Berkeley Portman, Orchard Portman, Somerset; b. 6 Jan 1754; in school lists 1764-71; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Apr 1771; MA 1774; adm. Middle Temple 26 Oct 1769, called to bar 6 Feb 1778; adm. Inner Temple 14 Nov 1775, tenant chambers there 24 Nov 1775; MP Totnes from 1802; m. 1st, 29 Jan 1779 Theophila, dau. of John Farr, Stoke Gaylard, Somerset; m. 2nd, 29 Jan 1804 Anne, widow of William Gordon, Bristol, West India merchant, and dau. of Stephen Nash, Bristol and Leweston House, Dorset; d. 2 Nov 1804.

BURLEIGH, GEORGE, only surviving son of George Burleigh, St. Michael le Querne, London, milliner, and Elizabeth ---; b. 9 Aug 1710; adm. (aged 14) Oct 1724; apprenticed to Daniel Whitaker, attorney (afterwards his guardian), 14 Mar 1724/5; adm. solicitor, 12 Feb 1732/3; practised in London; m.; d. 1745.

Burleigh, Leonard Tekenika William Gilbert, son of the Rev. Leonard Henry Burleigh, a missionary on the staff of the South American Missionary Society, by Susan Ellen, daughter of William Gilbert, of Plymouth; b. June 19, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (A); left July 1910; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1910; B.A. 1913; M.A. 1914; Ridley Hall 1913, ordained (Southwark) deacon 1914, priest 1915; Curate of St. James's, Clapham, Surrey, 1914-8, of St. John the Evangelist, Stratford, Essex, 1918-20, of Holy Trinity, Tulse Hill, Surrey, 1920-5, and of Great Yarmouth 1925; Vicar of Lakenham, Norfolk 1926; Rector of Shipdham 1948; m. June 30, 1923, Madeline M., eldest daughter of Sydney H. Flindt, of Edenbridge, Kent; d. 13 Sept. 1982.

BURLETSON, ROBERT, son of Rev. William Burletson, Rector of Warehorne, Kent; b.; adm. (aged 15) 10 Jan 1714/5; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Jan 1717/8, matr. 1718.

BURLEY, FRANCIS; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1616, adm. scholar 1617; BA 1620/1; MA 1624; ordained; Rector of Crofton, Yorks., until ejected; d. c. 1649.

3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork. Architect.

BURMAN, EDWARD; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1722/3; left 1725; of Edwardstone House, Suffolk.; d. 15 Feb 1805 (will proved PCC 19 Feb 1805, as of Edwardstone].

BURMAN, MONTAGUE, brother of Thomas Burman (qv); bapt. 22 Apr 1727; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1741 (Heath's); Min. Can. 1743; left 1744; d. 9 Dec 1793 (will proved PCC 4 Feb 1794, as of St. Luke, Middlesex, Christian name given as Montagu).

BURMAN, THOMAS, eldest son of Thomas Burman, London and Beaulieu, Hants., and Ann, dau. of Rev. Henry Adams; bapt. St. Martin in the Fields 26 Mar 1708 (IGI); adm. Jan 1720/1; KS (aged 14) 1722; left 1726; adm. Middle Temple 4 May 1723; master, Free School, Christchurch, Hants.; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 25 May 1755, priest (Winchester) Jun 1756; Curate, Christchurch, Hants., 1756; Rector of Dibden, Hants., from Apr 1758; m. 26 May 1757 Susannah Good (IGI); d. 24 Jan 1784.

BURNABY, ANDREW, eldest son of Rev. Andrew Burnaby, Brampton Manor House, Hunts., Prebendary of Lincoln and Rector of Asfordby, Leics., and Hannah, dau. of George Beaumont, Darton, Yorks.; b. 16 Aug 1732 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Jan 1746/7 (Preston's); Min. Can. 1747; KS 1748; left 1748; Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Mar 1749/50, matr. 1750; BA 1754; MA 1757; DD 1776; ordained deacon 23 Feb 1755, priest 19 Sep 1756 (both Lincoln); travelled in North America 1759-60; Chaplain at Leghorn, 1762-7; Vicar of Greenwich, Kent, from 1769; Archdeacon of Leicester from 25 Jan 1786; author, Travels through the Middle Settlements of North America, 1775, A Jounal of a Tour in Corsica in the Year 1766, 1804, and other works; m. 26 Feb 1770 Anna, dau. of John Edwyn, Baggrave Hall, Leics.; d. 9 Mar 1812. DNB.