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BURTON, EDGAR HENRY; b. Berlin, Germany 18 Mar 1849; adm. (G) 26 Jan 1865; left Aug 1866; “architect” (1881 Census, then living at Holdenhurst, Hampshire, and 1901 Census, then living in parish St. George, Hanover Square, London); m. (by 1881) Elizabeth ---; d. 20 Apr 1929.

BURTON, EDMUND CHARLES, eldest son of Edmund Singer Burton, Daventry, Northants., solicitor, and Anna Maria, dau. of Clarke Watkins, Daventry, Northants.; b. 4 Sep 1826; adm. 26 Sep 1838 (Scott's); QS 1841; rowed against Eton 26 Jul 1842, 1 Aug 1843; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1845, matr. 15 May 1845, Westminster Student to 1860; won Champion Sculler’s Cup at Thames Regatta 1846, Oxford University Pairs with Arthur Milman (qv) 1846, University Sculls 1847; rowed for Oxford v. Cambridge 1846, 1849; stroke of Oxford Eight at Henley 1847, 1848, and steered Oxford crew which won the Grand Challenge Cup there 1851; President, Oxford University Boat Club 1847-8; BA 1849; MA 1852; adm. solicitor, Mich. 1852; practised at Daventry, firm Burton and Willoughby; an all-round sportsman, being a fine runner and a prominent rider to hounds; won National Hunt Steeplechase 1860, 1861; joint donor of the Silver Sculls with Sir Patrick MacChombaich Colquhoun (qv), the first annual race for which took place in 1844; m. 1 Oct 1862 Rosamond Elizabeth, dau. of Joshua Verney Lace, Little Woolton, Lancs.; d. 21 Aug 1907.

Burton, Edmund Gerald, only son of Edmund Charles Burton (q.v.); b. Oct. 5, 1872; adm. Jan. 13, 1887 (G); left July 1891; C. h Ch. Oxon., matric. Oct. 16, 1891; adm. to the Inner Temple in 1893, but was subsequently articled to his father, and adm. a solicitor Nov. 1902; succeeded to his father's business at Daventry, and became Clerk to the Borough Magistrates 1907-14; Man. Dir. Army and Navy Furnishing Co. 1921; served as a Trooper in Bethune's Horse in the South African War; enlisted as Trooper 2nd Life Guards Aug. 4, 1914; Lieut. R. A. S. C. Nov. 20, 1914; Capt. Jan. 15, 1915; Major Aug. 15, 1915; Lieut.-Col. Jan. 1, 1919; retired with rank of Brevet Col. July 31, 1921; mentioned in despatches; O.B.E. June 3, 1919; Ordre de la Couronne de Leopold; m. 1st Nov. 27, 1901, Maud, only daughter of Henry Arthur Attenborough, of Gloucester Gardens, Hyde Park, London; 2nd Dec. 17, 1921, Ruby Beatrice, daughter of William Love; d. April 22, 1947.

BURTON, EDMUND, son of Edmund Burton, New Palace Yard, Westminster, attorney, Clerk of the Revenue, Duchy of Lancaster; b.; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1728; KS 1734; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1738, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1738, scholar 18 May 1739; BA 1741/2; MA 1745; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1744, Major Fellow 3 Jul 1745; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Dec 1737, called to bar 14 Jun 1745; an excellent classical scholar; author, The Satires of Persius translated into English, 1752, and other works; edited Manilius, 1783; lived in Dartmouth Street, Westminster. [will Edmund Burton, St. Margaret, Westminster, proved PCC 4 Apr 1803]

BURTON, EDWARD LINGEN, son of Robert Lingen Burton (qv), and his second wife; b. 12 Jun 1836; at Marlborough Coll. Aug 1846 - Christmas 1847; adm. 31 Jan 1850 (Rigaud's); his pursuit with Francis Markham (qv) over the roofs of the precincts after Frank Buckland’s monkey is related in Recollections of a Town-Boy at Westminster, pp 202-4; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 May 1855; went out to Natal with Julius Alington (qv), where he started farming; m. 20 Jun 1865 Edith Maria, only dau. of Charles James Tyrell Oakes, East Bergholt, Suffolk; d. at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, 6 Apr 1865.

BURTON, EDWARD, son of Maj. Edward Burton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and Dorothy Eliza, sister of John Brickdale Blakeway (qv); b. 13 Feb 1794; adm. Christmas 1808; left 1811; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1812, Canoneer Student 1813; 1st cl. Classics and Mathematics 1815; BA 1815; MA 1818; BD 1828; DD 1829; ordained; Select Preacher 1824, 1827; Bampton Lecturer, 1828; Regius Professor of Divinity, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and Rector of Ewelme, Oxfordshire, from 1 Aug 1829; author, Testimonies of the Anti-Nicene Fathers to the Divinity of Christ, 1826, and other works; m. 12 May 1825 Helen, dau. of Ven. Joseph Corbett DD (formerly Plymley), Longnor Hall, Shropshire, Archdeacon of Shropshire; d. 19 Jan 1836. DNB.

BURTON, FRANCIS, son of Col. Francis Burton, St. George’s, Westminster, and his second wife Mary, dau. of William Laremer, Knightsbridge; b. May 1744; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner, 1779); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Dec 1760, aged 16, Canoneer Student 27 Jun 1763- Jun 76, Faculty Student 22 Jun 1776 - void 15 Jan 1788, on marriage; BA 1764; MA 1767; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 May 1761, called to bar 10 Feb 1768, Bencher 12 Feb 1778, Treasurer 1792; KC 18 Jan 1778; Recorder of Woodstock 1780-1802; Puisne Judge, Chester, 5 Jul 1788 - Mar 1817; Recorder of Oxford 26 May 1797 - Jul 1801; MP Heytesbury 4 Dec 1780-4, Woodstock 1784-90, Oxford 1790-1812; a respected member of House of Commons; became blind some years before his death; founded a prize for Town Boys 1825; m. 1 Jan 1788 Catherine, eldest dau. of Nicholas Halhead, Woodstock, Oxfordshire; d. 28 Nov 1832.

On 15 Jun 1825 he gave to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster a Thames and Isis Navigation Bond for £100, the interest on which was to be used “for the purpose of purchasing annually a few books to be presented by the Head Master for the time being as tokens of merit to such of his scholars not on the Royal Foundation, as he may deem most deserving, and at such times and in such manner as he may think fit”. This security was never changed by the Chapter, and finally became valueless. The interest, which was continually dropping, was allowed to accumulate for a number of years, and the amount thus obtained was invested on 27 Feb 1855 in the purchase of £100 Consols.

BURTON, HENRY, second son of Rev. Henry Burton, Vicar of Atcham, Shropshire, and Mary, dau. of William Gittins, Chilton, Shropshire; b. 21 Aug 1804; adm. 16 Jun 1819 (Best's); Christ Church, Oxford. matr. 10 May 1822; BA 1826; MA 1831; ordained; Rector of Upton Cressett, Shropshire, 4 Sep 1829; Vicar of Atcham, Shropshire, from 15 Feb 1831; JP Shropshire; m. 28 Jan 1845 Hon. Charlotte Belasyse Barrington, third dau. of George Barrington, 5th Viscount Barrington (I) (qv); d. 6 Sep 1873.

BURTON, JOHN CONYERS; b.; adm. 1 Dec 1777. [presumably kin to Rev. David Conyers Burton, Broughton, Lincs., will proved PCC 18 Jan 1832 : he was son of Richard Burton, and Mary ---, b. 30 May 1763, bapt. St. Alphege, London 26 Jun 1763]

BURTON, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1543 (Chapter Muniments).