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BURRELL, PERCY, fourth son of Sir William Burrell, Bart. (qv); b. 6 Jul 1779; adm. 24 Apr 1786; at school 1792; left in his sixteenth year and entered a solicitor’s office at Dartmouth; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 Apr 1796; Ensign, 13th Foot, 1797; Lieut., 1 Sep 1797; served in Ireland during rebellion of 1798; ADC to Sir Charles Asgill (qv); Capt., 5th Dragoons, 1 Feb 1800; half-pay, 1802; restored to active list, 25 May 1803; accompanied General Whitelock’s expedition to South America; killed in attack on Buenos Aires 5 Aug 1807.

BURRELL, SIR PERCY, BART., second son of Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, Bart. (qv); b. 10 Feb 1812; adm. (G) 11 Jul 1825; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jul 1830; succ. his father as 4th baronet, 4 Jan 1862; MP (Cons) New Shoreham from Feb 1862; DL JP Sussex; m. 26 Aug 1856 Henrietta Katherine, dau. of Vice-Adm. Sir George Richard Brooke-Pechell, Bart., RN MP; d. 19 Jul 1876.

BURRELL, WALTER, third son of Sir William Burrell, Bart. (qv); b. 15 Apr 1777; adm. 20 Jan 1785; at school 1792; of West Grinstead Park, Sussex; MP Sussex from 1812; m. 21 Jul 1825 Helena Anne, widow of Charles Chisholme of Chisholme, Inverness-shire, and dau. of Alexander Ellice, London, merchant; d. 7 Apr 1831.

BURRELL, WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Burrell DD, Rector of Brightling, Sussex, and Elizabeth Noakes, Frant, Sussex; grandson of William Burrell (qv); bapt. 19 Sep 1713; adm. (aged 12) Aug 1726; in under school list 1728; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1731; ordained deacon 19 Sep 1736, priest 30 Oct 1737 (Chichester); Rector of Brightling, Sussex, from 21 Oct 1737; buried Brightling 15 Jun 1746. [But this identification is likely to be wrong, for the William Burrell concerned, bapt. 19 Sep 1713, was adm. as a foundation scholar, Charterhouse Sch., 13 Jan 1723/4, and remained there until 1731].

BURRELL, SIR WILLIAM, BART., third son of Peter Burrell MP, Beckenham, Kent, Sub-Governor South Sea Co., and Amy, dau. of Hugh Raymond, Saling Park, Essex, and Langley, Kent, dir. South Sea Co.; b. 10 Oct 1732; adm. Jan 1742/3 (Morel's); left 1749; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Jun 1749, matr. 1750; LLB 1755; LLD 1760; adm. advocate, Court of Arches, 13 Sep 1760; advocate, Doctors’ Commons, 3 Nov 1760; practised in Admiralty Court; Chancellor, Diocese of Worcester, from 16 Jul 1764, Diocese of Rochester from Aug 1771; director, South Sea Company, 1763-75, Sun Fire Insurance 1773-95; MP Haslemere 1768 - May 1774; retired from practice at Doctors’ Commons 1774; a Commissioner of Excise 14 May 1774 - 12 Sep 1789; succ. his father-in-law as 2nd baronet 24 Aug 1789; FSA 4 Apr 1754; a painstaking antiquary; his MS collections for a history of Sussex are preserved in the British Library; his MS reports of cases in the Admiralty Court 1766-74 were edited by R. G. Marsden in 1885; m. 13 Apr 1773 Sophia, poetess and dramatist, eldest dau. of Sir Charles Raymond, Bart., banker; d. 20 Jan 1796. DNB.

BURRELL, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1666, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1666, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1666, scholar 1667, matr. 1666/7; BA 1669/70; MA 1673; ordained deacon (London) 22 Dec 1672, priest 25 May 1673 (Chichester for Ely); Chaplain, Trinity Coll., 1673-81; Vicar of Heversham, Westmorland, 1676-7; Rector of Brightling, Sussex, from 10 Dec 1681; m.; buried Brightling 2 Aug 1708.

BURRIDGE, WILLIAM ALFRED; b. (Manchester) 25 Sep 1863; adm. (G) 29 Mar 1876; left Dec 1881; went abroad; d. c. 1895.

Burroughes, Lawrence Horace James, only son of James Samuel Burroughes, of South Godstone, Surrey; b. Feb. 15, 1877; adm. Jan. 15, 1891 (G); left Dec. 1892; m. Nov. 20, 1901, Mabel Bower, fifth daughter of. John Little Finlinson, of South Godstone; d. Oct. 9, 1945.

BURROWES, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 15) Mar 1719/20.

BURROWES, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1729; left 1733.