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GB-2014-WSA-04163 · Person · 1835-?

BURNE, FREVILL LAMBTON, son of Capt. William Hunter Burne, and Caroline Jane, youngest dau. of Robert Allan, Newbottle, co. Durham; b. 20 Dec 1835; adm. Mar 1850 (Rigaud's).

Burnett, Matthew, ca. 1721-?
GB-2014-WSA-04164 · Person · ca. 1721-?

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].

GB-2014-WSA-04166 · Person · 1678-1749

BURNEY (formerly MACBURNEY), JAMES, son of James Macburney, Great Hanwood, Shropshire, and of the Privy Garden, Whitehall, land steward to Earl of Ashburnham, and Mary, dau. of Rev. Nehemiah Evance, Great Hanwood, Shropshire; b. 23 May 1678; at school under Busby (D’Arblay, Memoirs of Dr Burney, 1832, i, xii-xiv); a pupil of the painter Michael Dahl; living at Coton Hill, near Shrewsbury, 1726, but shortly afterwards went to Chester, where he set up as a portrait painter and a teacher of drawing; m. 1st, Rebecca Ellis, actress at Goodman’s Fields Theatre; m. 2nd, 6 May 1721, Ann Cooper, heiress and celebrated beauty; d. Jan 1749.

Burosse, ---, fl. 1766
GB-2014-WSA-018955 · Person · fl. 1766

BUROSSE, --- ; b. ; adm. 23 Sep 1766. [Probably a son of Thomas Burosse who m. at St. Martin in the Fields 10 Sep 1751 Martha Lefebvre]

Burrall, ---, fl. 1556
GB-2014-WSA-04167 · Person · fl. 1556

BURRALL, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).

Burrard, ---, fl. 1656
GB-2014-WSA-04168 · Person · fl. 1656

BURRARD, ---; b.; adm. 1656 (school lists 1656, last three quarters).

GB-2014-WSA-04169 · Person · 1774-1862

BURRELL, SIR CHARLES MERRIK, BART., eldest son of Sir William Burrell, Bart. (qv); b. 21 May 1774; adm. 20 Jan 1785; still at school 1791; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 26 May 1791, matr. Mich. 1791; BA 1795; succ. as 3rd baronet 20 Jan 1796; of Knepp Castle, West Grinstead, Sussex; MP New Shoreham from 1806; “father” of the House of Commons from 1850; DL JP Sussex; introduced the white, or Belgian, carrot, and made many valuable experiments in feeding and fattening cattle; m. 8 Aug 1808 Frances Wyndham Ilive, natural dau. of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (qv); d. 4 Jan 1862.

GB-2014-WSA-04170 · Person · 1809-1827

BURRELL, CHARLES WYNDHAM, eldest son of Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, Bart. (qv); b. 1 Jul 1809; adm. (G) 14 Jan 1823; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Dec 1826; d. 18 Jul 1827.