BURMAN, THOMAS, eldest son of Thomas Burman, London and Beaulieu, Hants., and Ann, dau. of Rev. Henry Adams; bapt. St. Martin in the Fields 26 Mar 1708 (IGI); adm. Jan 1720/1; KS (aged 14) 1722; left 1726; adm. Middle Temple 4 May 1723; master, Free School, Christchurch, Hants.; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 25 May 1755, priest (Winchester) Jun 1756; Curate, Christchurch, Hants., 1756; Rector of Dibden, Hants., from Apr 1758; m. 26 May 1757 Susannah Good (IGI); d. 24 Jan 1784.

BURLEY, FRANCIS; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1616, adm. scholar 1617; BA 1620/1; MA 1624; ordained; Rector of Crofton, Yorks., until ejected; d. c. 1649.

BURKE, WILLIAM, eldest son of John Burke (or Bourke), Middle Temple and St. James’s, London, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Burke, London, vintner; b.; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1742 (Durand's); KS 1743; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1747, matr. 26 Jun 1747, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1747 - 26 Jun 1761 (void), leave of absence on appt. as Secretary, Guadeloupe, 25 Aug 1759; BCL 1755; adm. Middle Temple 26 May 1750, called to bar 28 Nov 1755; Secretary and Registrar, Guadeloupe, 1759-63; Under-Secretary of State, Jul 1765 - Feb 1767; MP Great Bedwyn 16 Jun 1766-8, 29 May 1768-74; lost substantial sums of money in speculations on the Stock Exchange, 1769; in India 1777-8, becoming agent for Rajah of Tanjore; again in India 1780-93, initially at Madras, subsequently at Calcutta; Deputy Paymaster of the Forces, East Indies, 1782-93; present at OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 245-6); figures in Goldsmith’s Retaliation; lived on intimate terms with his distant kinsman Edmund Burke, with whom he wrote An Account of the European Settlements in America, 1757; author of two pamphlets on the peace negotiations, 1759 and 1761; d. Mar 1798. DNB.

Burgess, Oliver Ireland, son of George Douglas Burgess, C.S.I., of Mandalay, Burma, by Agnes, daughter of Col. James Robert Sale Henderson, of Rangoon, Burma; b. April 22, 1893; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1907; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1912, matric. Michaelmas 1912; exhibitioner (Mathematics) 1912; B.A. 1915; M.A. 1919; served in France May 1916 - Dec. 1917, and in Italy Jan. 1918 - Jan. 1919; Lieut. R.E. Field Survey Co. July 1, 1917; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 6, 1919; asst. master Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, Sept. 1919 -July 1920, and Marlborough College, Sept. 1920; killed in a motor accident March 19, 1930.

BURGES, ---; b.; KS in 1613 (Chapter Muniments 33669).

BURDON, EZRIEL, son of Richard Burdon, London; b.; adm.; KS 1668; rejected at the election of 1672, but “stayed over” and was elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1673, matr. 31 May 1673, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1673 - 80 (void), tutor 1679; BA 1677; MA 1680; ordained deacon 1679, priest 1680 (both Oxford); Vicar of Cassington, Oxfordshire, 22 Apr 1680-5; Rector of Sandon, Essex, 1684/5; Rector of Horndon, Essex, 1686.

BURCOMBE, THOMAS, son of Stephen Burcombe, Wickwar, Gloucs., and Frances (Burton ?) (IGI); bapt. Wickwar 12 Aug 1702 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1716; KS 1717; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1721, matr. 10 Jun 1721, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1721-63 (sic, void); BA 1725; MA 1728; ordained deacon 21 Sep 1729, priest 24 Dec 1732 (both Oxford); living 1736.

BUNBURY, THOMAS, eldest son of John Bunbury, Ireland; b.; adm.; KS; according to a testimonial signed by William Rowe, 24 Apr 1654 (Chapter Muniments 43083), “Thomas Bunbury of the foundation of Westminster Schoole, of the 7th forme, and the 8th in precedency of those that stand for this present election to the Universities” was the son of John Bunbury, who “was despoyled of his estate by the Rebellion in Ireland and after served the Parliament for bringing in the Assessments for Ireland and otherwise”; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1654, adm. pens. 30 Jun 1654, scholar 1654, matr. Easter 1656; BA 1657/8; Trinity Coll. Dublin, MA 1661; ordained; Prebendary of Ferns; Prebendary of Leighlin, 2 Apr 1668; d. c. 1682.

BULPEN, JOHN, son of John Bulpen, London; b.; adm.; QS 1707; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1711, adm. pens. 31 May 1711, aged 18, scholar 15 May 1712; BA 1714/5; MA 1718.

BULLOCK, JOHN, second son of Rev. Richard Bullock DD, Rector of Streatham, Surrey, and Prebendary of Westminster, and Whalley, dau. of Richard Berney, Norfolk; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1747/8 (Hawkins'); KS 1748; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1752, adm. pens. 27 May 1752, scholar 18 May 1753, matr. Easter 1753; BA 1756; MA 1771; ordained deacon (London) 6 Mar 1757; Rector of Radwinter, Essex, from 1758; Rector of Boreham, Essex, from 1770; m. 3 Jul 1759 Elizabeth Lagden, Saffron Walden, Essex; d. 13 Oct 1794.