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BURGES, GEORGE, brother of James Burges (qv); b. 17 May 1725; adm. Jul 1735; left 1738; Lieut., Duke of Bedford’s Regt. (68th Foot), 27 Sep 1745; captured standard of Prince Charles Edward’s Bodyguard at battle of Culloden, 16 Apr 1746; Cornet, 3rd Dragoons, 19 Jan 1747 - 19 Jun 1752; ADC and Military Secretary to Gen. Humphrey Bland, Commander in Chief, Scotland; Secretary to Gen. Bland when Governor of Gibraltar; Receiver-Gen. and Cashier to Garrison, Gibraltar, afterwards Deputy Paymaster and Agent for Prizes, Gibraltar; left Gibraltar Nov 1757; Secretary to Commissioners of Excise, Scotland, Jun 1758; Receiver-Gen., Duty on Places and Pensions, Scotland; a Commissioner of Excise, Scotland, 1761-8; Comptroller-Gen., Revenues, Scotland, from 1768; m. 23 Dec 1748 Hon. Anne Wichnour Somerville, sister of James, 13th Baron Somerville (S) (qv); d. 16 Mar 1786.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.