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BURNETT, MATTHEW, son of Matthew Burnett, St. Margaret, Westminster, cheesemonger; b.; adm. Mar 1734/5; KS (aged 14) 1739; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1743, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1743, scholar 20 Apr 1744, matr. 1743/4; BA 1746/7; an Usher at the School Sep 1747 - Dec 1759 (Second Usher Jun 1748); ordained deacon (Rochester) 18 Dec 1757; Recor of Weston, Suffolk [check].

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.

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.

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.

BURKE, WILLIAM, eldest son of John Burke (or Bourke), Middle Temple and St. James’s, London, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Burke, London, vintner; b.; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1742 (Durand's); KS 1743; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1747, matr. 26 Jun 1747, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1747 - 26 Jun 1761 (void), leave of absence on appt. as Secretary, Guadeloupe, 25 Aug 1759; BCL 1755; adm. Middle Temple 26 May 1750, called to bar 28 Nov 1755; Secretary and Registrar, Guadeloupe, 1759-63; Under-Secretary of State, Jul 1765 - Feb 1767; MP Great Bedwyn 16 Jun 1766-8, 29 May 1768-74; lost substantial sums of money in speculations on the Stock Exchange, 1769; in India 1777-8, becoming agent for Rajah of Tanjore; again in India 1780-93, initially at Madras, subsequently at Calcutta; Deputy Paymaster of the Forces, East Indies, 1782-93; present at OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 245-6); figures in Goldsmith’s Retaliation; lived on intimate terms with his distant kinsman Edmund Burke, with whom he wrote An Account of the European Settlements in America, 1757; author of two pamphlets on the peace negotiations, 1759 and 1761; d. Mar 1798. DNB.

Burgess, Oliver Ireland, son of George Douglas Burgess, C.S.I., of Mandalay, Burma, by Agnes, daughter of Col. James Robert Sale Henderson, of Rangoon, Burma; b. April 22, 1893; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1907; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1912, matric. Michaelmas 1912; exhibitioner (Mathematics) 1912; B.A. 1915; M.A. 1919; served in France May 1916 - Dec. 1917, and in Italy Jan. 1918 - Jan. 1919; Lieut. R.E. Field Survey Co. July 1, 1917; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 6, 1919; asst. master Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, Sept. 1919 -July 1920, and Marlborough College, Sept. 1920; killed in a motor accident March 19, 1930.

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

BURDON, EZRIEL, son of Richard Burdon, London; b.; adm.; KS 1668; rejected at the election of 1672, but “stayed over” and was elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1673, matr. 31 May 1673, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1673 - 80 (void), tutor 1679; BA 1677; MA 1680; ordained deacon 1679, priest 1680 (both Oxford); Vicar of Cassington, Oxfordshire, 22 Apr 1680-5; Rector of Sandon, Essex, 1684/5; Rector of Horndon, Essex, 1686.

BURCOMBE, THOMAS, son of Stephen Burcombe, Wickwar, Gloucs., and Frances (Burton ?) (IGI); bapt. Wickwar 12 Aug 1702 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1716; KS 1717; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1721, matr. 10 Jun 1721, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1721-63 (sic, void); BA 1725; MA 1728; ordained deacon 21 Sep 1729, priest 24 Dec 1732 (both Oxford); living 1736.

BUNBURY, THOMAS, eldest son of John Bunbury, Ireland; b.; adm.; KS; according to a testimonial signed by William Rowe, 24 Apr 1654 (Chapter Muniments 43083), “Thomas Bunbury of the foundation of Westminster Schoole, of the 7th forme, and the 8th in precedency of those that stand for this present election to the Universities” was the son of John Bunbury, who “was despoyled of his estate by the Rebellion in Ireland and after served the Parliament for bringing in the Assessments for Ireland and otherwise”; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1654, adm. pens. 30 Jun 1654, scholar 1654, matr. Easter 1656; BA 1657/8; Trinity Coll. Dublin, MA 1661; ordained; Prebendary of Ferns; Prebendary of Leighlin, 2 Apr 1668; d. c. 1682.