BURTON, ---; b.; in school list 1739.
BURTON, ANDREW, son of Andrew Burton, Oakham, Rutland, barrister, and his first wife Sarah (Willes ?) (IGI); bapt. Oakham, Rutland 27 Nov 1690 (IGI); at school under Knipe (J. E. B. Mayor, ed. , Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb. , pt ii, 177); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Jul 1705, aged 15, matr. 1705; adm. Gray’s Inn 11 Feb 1707/8.
Burton, Anthony Lewis, son of Victor Emile Burton and Rose Marjorie, d. of Lewis Teller of St John's Wood; b. 26 Jan. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (R); left Apr. 1935; RA 1939-45 (2nd Lieut.), captured Singapore Feb. 1942, p.o.w. to Sept. 1945; man. dir. V. & J. Burton Ltd (retail furnishers) 1947-65; Westminster City Council 1951-68; Lord Mayor of Westminster 1966-7; CBE 1976; chairman WestLon Housmg Assn 1985-; Nat. Consumer Council 1986-; m. 16 Dec. 1948 Joyce Elaine, d. of Simon Isaac Levy FRCS; d. Jan. 2000
BURTON, BARTHOLOMEW; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1544 (Chapter Muniments).
BURTON, BARTIN, son of Andrew Burton, Oakham, Rutland, barrister, and his second wife Sarah Taylor, Uppingham, Rutland; half- brother of Andrew Burton (qv); bapt. Oakham, Rutland 29 Sep 1700 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1715; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Apr 1717; BA 6 Mar 1720/1; adm. Gray’s Inn 15 Jun 1716; ordained priest (Peterborough) 17 Mar 1727/8; Curate, Rockingham, Northants, 1728; Rector of Oxendon, Northants., 20 May 1728-9; Vicar of Ravenstone, Bucks., 28 Jan 1746; m. Mary ---; d. 27 Aug 1764.
BURTON, BLISSET, brother of Edmund Burton (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1735; left 1742; articled to father 22 Feb 1742; adm. solicitor 29 Nov 1755, then of St. Margaret’s, Westminster.
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]