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Burton, Francis, 1744-1832
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1744-1832
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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.
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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.