BUSBY, JOHN, son of Timothy Busby, and nephew of Richard Busby (elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1624, qv); b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1641; KS in 1644; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1647, but detained at school “through the exigence of warre” (Register of Visitors of the Univ. of Oxford 1647 to 1658, Camden Society, 2nd ser., xxix, 268), Westminster Student; BA 1650; MA 1652; apparently expelled by the Parliamentary Visitors for neglecting to appear before them 1650, but restored by them in 1651; deprived of his studentship for a half year on account of a speech which he made at a funeral, “contayning matter of profanation and abuse of scripture” 8 Nov 1653 (ibid., 370-1); became a “fugitive” from Christ Church, but was again restored 6 Nov 1655; sometime an Usher at the School; described by Edward Bagshaw (KS 1644, qv) in his pamphlet of 1659 as “a worthless and infamous person”, who “grossly abused the liberty of whipping”, but Bagshaw’s opinion of the nephew of the Head Master was probably not free from bias; living 1660.

BURY, WALTER WILFRED, brother of Oliver Robert Hawke Bury (qv); b. 10 Aug 1863; adm. 21 Jan 1875 (James'); QS 1878; left Aug 1881; adm. solicitor Feb 1888; practised in London; m. 3 Feb 1910 Dorothy, eldest dau. of Bernard Gibson, Warrington Crescent, Maida Hill, London, dir. electrical engineering co.

Bury, Patrick James, brother of Kenneth de Kay Bury (qv); b. 16 Feb. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (KS); left July 1937; St John's Coll. Camb., matric. 1937, BA 1948; RAF in WW2; d. in Rome 29 Aug. 1987.

BURWELL, THOMAS, son of Edward Burwell, Rougham, Suffolk, and Mary, dau. of Jeffrey Pitman, Woodbridge, Suffolk; bap 20 Apr 1626; adm.; KS 1640; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 31 May 1645, scholar 1645, matr. Easter 1646; BA 1648/9; adm. Leiden Univ 3 May 1653, MD (incorp Camb. 1653); practised medicine in London to 1665, in Dorchester 1665-83, and then again in London; FRCP 20 Oct 1664, Censor 1684, 1689, 1695, 1696, Registrar 23 Jul 1685-8, President 1692, 1693; author of medical pamphlets; m. 15 Sep 1659 Jane, widow of Rev. John Stoughton DD, Perpetual Curate of St. Mary Aldermanbury, London, and previously of Rev. Walter Newburgh, Rector of Symondsbury, Dorset, and dau. of John Browne MP, Frampton, Dorset; d. 30 Jan 1701/2.

BURTON, THOMAS, son of Thomas Burton, Kingsland, Hereford, and Deborah, sister of Benjamin Woodroffe (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1669; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1672, matr. 3 Jul 1672, aged 18, Westminster Student 28 Feb 1673 - 30 Dec 1702, Tutor 1680-91, Junior Censor 1684, Senior Censor 1685-7; BA 1676; MA 1679; BD 1686; DD 1690; ordained (by 1685); Vicar of Frocester, Gloucs., 1686-92 [check]; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 30 Nov 1702, Sub-Dean to Dec 1711; [perhaps Chaplain in Ordinary to George I (Chamberlayne 1716 : “Dr. Burton”)]; Rector of Eastleach Martin, Gloucs., 1703-28; m. Ann Allen, Finchley, Middlesex; d. 3 Jul 1733.

BURTON, REGINALD, brother of Edmund Charles Burton (qv); b. 3 Mar 1830; adm. 27 Jan 1842 (Scott's); QS 1844; coxed eight against Eton 29 Jul 1845, 30 Jul 1846, and rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1847; left 1848; a clerk in the Customs (retired by 1881); m. 17 Jun 1858 Anne, eldest dau. of Henry Merceron, Bethnal Green; d. 26 Apr 1892.

BURTON, NICHOLAS, son of Ven. John Burton DD, Archdeacon of Cleveland, and Sarah, dau. of Everingham Cressy, Birkin, Yorks.; b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1687; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1691, matr. 4 Jul 1691, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1691- 1702, void, having been admonished for “great negligence and many notorious crimes” 7 Dec 1693; BA 1695; MA 1698; ordained; Head Master, Durham GS 1699-1709; Rector of St. Mary Le Bow, Durham, 1703-5; Lecturer, Durham Cathedral; m. 1st, Martha ---; m. 2nd, 18 May 1704 Elizabeth, widow of Sir Robert Fenwick, Kt., Bywell, Northumberland, and dau. of Sir Richard Graham, Bart., Norton Conyers, Yorks. [check]; buried St. Mary Le Bow, Durham, 1 Jul 1713.

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

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, 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.