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BURGESS, REV. RICHARD. Educ. at St. John’s coll. Cam, B.D. 1835; R. of Upper Chelsea 1836–69; preb. of St. Paul’s cath. 1851 to death; R. of Horningsheath, Suffolk 27 Dec. 1869 to death; lectured at early meetings of British Architects in Covent Garden and Grosvenor st. London; author of _A treatise on the ludi circenses_ 1828; _Topography and antiquities of Rome 2 vols._ 1831; _Greece and the Levant 2 vols._ 1835. _d._ Brighton 12 April 1881 in 85 year. _I.L.N. xxvi_, 268 (1855), _portrait_. BURGESS, RIGHT REV. THOMAS. _b._ near Preston 1 Oct. 1791; ed. at Benedictine college, Ampleforth where he was professed 13 Oct. 1807; prior of Ampleforth July 1818 to 1830 when he left Benedictine order and became secularized in order to raise up a new collegiate establishment at Prior park, Bath; opened Portland chapel, Queen st. Bath 26 May 1832; kept a school at Monmouth; bishop of Clifton 27 June 1851 to death; consecrated in St. George’s cathedral, Southwark 27 July 1851. _d._ the Convent, Westbury on Trym 27 Nov. 1854. _Catholic Directory_ (1860) 258–61, _portrait_. BURGESS, THOMAS HENRY. Educ. at Trin. coll. Dublin; M.R.C.S. England 1835; M.D. Edin. 1837; practised in London 1838 to death; phys. to Blenheim st. dispensary 1841; fellow of Med. and Chir. Soc. 1839; author of _The physiology and mechanism of blushing_ 1839; _Eruptions of the face and hands_ 1849; _The climate of Italy in relation to pulmonary consumption_ 1852; translated Cazenave and Schedel’s _Practical treatise on diseases of the skin_ 1832. _d._ Southsea 17 Dec. 1865. _Medical Circular i_, 491 (1852). BURGOYNE, HUGH TALBOT (_only son of the succeeding_). _b._ Dublin 19 July 1833; entered navy 18 Jany. 1853; captain of ‘Constance’ 35 guns 1867–9; captain of armour plated turret ship ‘Captain’ 6 guns 30 April 1870 to death; V.C. 24 Feb. 1857; lost in the ‘Captain’ which foundered off Cape Finisterre about 2 a._m._ 7 Sep. 1870. _I.L.N. lvii_, 302, 307, 312 (1870), _portrait_. BURGOYNE, SIR JOHN FOX, 1 Baronet (_elder natural son of John Burgoyne 1723–92, commander in chief in Ireland_). _b._ Queen st. Soho, London 24 July 1782; ed. at Eton and Woolwich 1796–8; 2 lieut. R.E. 29 Aug. 1798; commanding engineer of expedition to New Orleans 1814; chairman of board of Public works in Ireland 1831–45; a founder of Instit. of Civil Engineers of Ireland and first pres. 5 Aug. 1835; inspector general of fortifications in England July 1845 to 1 Jany. 1868 when he retired on full pay; pres. of Irish famine relief commission 10 Feb. 1847; sent to Constantinople to report on defence of Turkey Jany. 1854; conducted siege of Sebastopol Oct. 1854 to Feb. 1855; col. commandant R.E. 22 Nov. 1854 to death; general 5 Sep. 1855; created baronet 18 March 1856; F.R.S. 6 June 1856; constable of Tower of London 8 April 1865 to death; field marshal 1 Jany. 1868; granted a pension of £1,500 a year; K.C.B. 19 July 1838; G.C.B. 6 April 1852; admitted to freedom of City of London 22 Oct. 1868; author of _Our defensive forces_ 1869, _3 ed._ 1870. _d._ 5 Pembridge sq. Bayswater, London 7 Oct. 1871. _bur._ in Tower of London 17 Oct. _Life and correspondence of Sir J. F. Burgoyne 2 vols._ 1873, _portrait_; _A sketch of the life of Sir J. Burgoyne by Sir F. Head_ 1872; _Papers on subjects connected with duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers n.s. xx, ix-xlii_, (1872); _Graphic iv_, 387, 392 (1871), _portrait_. BURGOYNE, SIR JOHN MONTAGU, 9 Baronet. _b._ Sutton park, Bedfordshire 17 Oct. 1796; ensign 68 foot 17 Oct. 1816; captain grenadier guards 5 June 1835 to 1847; succeeded 11 Aug. 1817; sheriff of Beds. 1852. _d._ 17 March 1858. BURKE, JAMES SAINT GEORGE (_2 son of John, French Burke_). _b._ 1804; barrister M.T. 20 Nov. 1846; counsel to London, Chatham and Dover railway; Q.C. 2 Dec. 1862; bencher of his inn 27 April 1863; retired from practice about 1869. _d._ The Auberies near Sudbury 25 Feb. 1881. Personalty sworn under £250,000, 30 April 1881. BURKE, SIR JOHN CHARLES, 4 Baronet. _b._ 7 Feb. 1858; succeeded 9 Dec. 1875. _d._ 16 April 1880. BURKE, SIR JOHN LIONEL, 12 Baronet. _b._ Glinsk Castle, co. Roscommon 26 Nov. 1818; succeeded 30 Oct. 1865. _d._ 21 July 1884. BURKE, SIR JOSEPH, 11 Baronet. _b._ Ardfry, co. Galway 31 Jany. 1786; succeeded 1845. _d._ 30 Oct. 1865. BURKE, PETER (_elder son of John Burke of London, genealogist 1787–1848_). _b._ London 7 May 1811; ed. at Caen college, Normandy; barrister I.T. 7 June 1838; Q.C. of county palatine of Lancaster 1858; serjeant at law 11 Jany. 1860; director of Society of Antiquaries of Normandy 1866–7; author of _Celebrated trials connected with the aristocracy_ 1849; _The romance of the forum 4 vols._ 1852–61; _The public and domestic life of Edmund Burke_ 1853; _Celebrated naval and military trials_ 1866. _d._ Coleherne road, South Kensington, London 26 March 1881. BURKE, ROBERT O’HARA. _b._ St. Cleram near Galway 1820; entered Austrian army 1840; served in Irish constabulary 1848; emigrated to Australia 1853; inspector of Melbourne police; commanded expedition fitted out to explore centre of Australia which started from Melbourne 20 Aug. 1860; reached Cooper’s Creek 11 Nov. 1860; crossed the continent and reached Gulf of Carpentaria 10 Feb. 1861; returned to Cooper’s Creek 21 April 1861 where he _d._ of starvation 28 June 1861. _bur._ with a public funeral at Melbourne 21 Jany. 1863. Bronze statue erected in Collins st. Melbourne 1864 at cost of £4,000. _The Burke and Wills exploring expedition_ 1861; _W. Howitt’s History of discovery in Australia ii_, 190–310 (1865); _Illust. news of the world ix_, 65 (1862), _portrait_. BURKE, THOMAS. Ensign 83 foot 23 July 1794; major 4 foot 22 July 1813 to 25 Feb. 1816 when placed on h.p.; colonel 10 foot 11 April 1860 to death; L.G. 18 Jany. 1861. _d._ Prospect villa, Ringaskiddy, Cork 4 Feb. 1863. BURKE, THOMAS HENRY (_2 son of Wm. Burke of Knocknagur, co. Galway_). _b._ 25 May 1829; private secretary to Sir Thomas Redington under secretary for Ireland April 1851; under secretary for Ireland May 1869 to death; stabbed to death in Phœnix park, Dublin 6 May 1882 by members of a secret society called the Invincibles; memorial window in Dominican church, Dublin erected by Earl Spencer, Viceroy of Ireland. _I.L.N. lxxx_, 453 (1882), _portrait_; _Graphic xxv_, 464 (1882), _portrait_. BURKE, SIR THOMAS JOHN, 3 Baronet. _b._ 7 June 1813; succeeded 14 Sep. 1847; M.P. for co. Galway 17 May 1847 to 6 July 1865. _d._ Marble hill, Loughrea, co. Galway 9 Dec. 1875. _Burke’s Portrait gallery i_, 92 (1833). BURKE, VERY REV. THOMAS NICHOLAS (_son of Walter Burke of Galway who d. 29 Nov. 1872_). _b._ Galway 8 Sep. 1830; entered order of St. Dominic at Perugia 29 Dec. 1847; ordained priest 26 March 1853; superintendent of novices at Tallaght near Dublin 1857–64; rector of Irish Dominican college of San Clemente, Rome Sep. 1864; went to America as visitor of his order Oct. 1871 where he acquired extraordinary popularity as a preacher and lecturer; author of _English misrule in Ireland_ 1873; _Ireland’s case stated in reply to Mr. Froude_ 1873; _Lectures and sermons_ 1873; _Lectures on faith and fatherland_ 1874. _d._ Tallaght 2 July 1883. _The life of the Very Rev. T. N. Burke by W. J. Fitzpatrick 2 vols._ 1885, _portrait_. BURKE, THOMAS WILLIAM ASTON HAVILAND. _b._ near London Aug. 1795; ed. at Westminster; barrister L.I. 18 Nov. 1819; chairman of Middlesex hospital 1848 to death; made a collection of prints supposed to be finest of its kind, it was very strong in works of Woollett, Strange and Sharpe, and in plates by and after Turner. _d._ 27 Gloucester place, Marylebone, London 3 April 1852. _G.M. xxxvii_, 624–6 (1852). BURLTON, WILLIAM. _b._ 1793; entered Bengal army 1807; commissary general 12 April 1837 to 10 Feb. 1848; lieut. col. of 7 light cavalry 1843, of 10 light cavalry 1848, of 8 light cavalry 1849, of 2 light cavalry 1850 to 10 Aug. 1850; C.B. 3 April 1846; author of _A few brief comments on Sir C. Napier’s letter to Sir J. Hobhouse, “On the baggage of the Indian army”_ 1849. _d._ Oaklands, Shepherd’s Bush, London 10 Nov. 1870. BURMESTER, ARNOLD EDWARD. Ensign 59 foot 31 Aug. 1830, lieut. col. 12 Oct. 1860 to 23 Sep. 1862 when he retired on full pay with rank of M.G.; C.B. 1 March 1861. _d._ 11 St. Stephen’s sq. Bayswater, London 3 Oct. 1877. BURN, GEORGE. Surgeon R.N. 21 April 1829; inspector general of hospitals and fleets 17 Sep. 1858 to 1 April 1870 when he retired; C.B. 2 June 1869. _d._ The Cedars, Shirley, Southampton 20 Feb. 1881 aged 70. BURN, JACOB HENRY. Assistant to Wm. Hone the bookseller in London about 1820, helped to compile _The every day book 3 vols._ 1826–7; bookseller in Maiden lane, afterwards in King st. Covent Garden; edited _Willis’s Current notes 7 vols._ 1851–7; author of _A descriptive catalogue of the London traders tavern and coffee-house tokens current in the seventeenth century presented to the Corporation library by H. B. H. Beaufoy_ 1853, _2 ed._ 1855, these tokens were collected by him for Beaufoy; _Catalogue of a collection of early newspapers and essayists presented to the Bodleian library by Rev. F. W. Hope_ 1865, formed chiefly by Burn 1830–4. _d._ St. Mary’s hospital, Paddington, London 19 Feb. 1869 aged 76. _Reg. and mag. of biog. i_, 317–8 (1869). BURN, JAMES. _b._ Darlington, Durham 15 March 1804; apprenticed to a skinman at Newcastle; fought and beat O’Neal £25 a side 26 July 1824; beaten by Ned Neale £100 a side 19 Dec. 1824 and by Philip Sampson £50 a side 14 June 1825; beat Pat Magee £100 a side 25 July 1826; beat Ned Baldwin £100 a side 24 April 1827, beaten by him 3 July 1827 after 85 rounds in 90 minutes; beaten by Ned Neale again 13 Nov. 1827; landlord of the Red Horse, Bond St., the Queen’s Head, Windmill st. Haymarket, and the Rising Sun, Air st. Piccadilly, London successively. _d._ The Rising Sun 29 May 1862. _H. D. Miles’s Pugilistica ii_, 326–37 (1880); _Illust. sporting news_ (1862) 265, _portrait_. BURN, ROBERT. Second lieut. R.A. 17 Dec. 1812, colonel 6 Jany. 1855 to 27 June 1864, col. commandant 2 Aug. 1868 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ Cheltenham 19 Dec. 1878 aged 86. BURN, WILLIAM (_son of Robert Burn of Edinburgh, builder_). _b._ Edin. 20 Dec. 1789; pupil of Robert Smirke, architect; architect in Edin. 1816–44 and in London 1844 to death; consulting government architect for Scotland; designed mansions in nearly every county in United Kingdom. _d._ 6 Stratton st. Piccadilly, London 15 Feb. 1870. BURNABY, CHARLES HERRICK. _b._ 28 Oct. 1800; second lieut. R.A. 9 June 1825, lieut. col. 22 July 1853 to 28 Nov. 1854 when he retired on full pay; general 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ 20 Regent’s park terrace, London 11 Jany. 1879. BURNABY, EDWYN SHERARD (_only son of Edwyn Burnaby of Baggrave hall near Leicester 1799–1867_). _b._ 22 May 1830; ed. at Eton; ensign Grenadier guards 3 Nov. 1846, lieut. col. 1 Oct. 1877 to June 1880; served in Crimea Nov. 1854 to 28 July 1855; commanded British-Italian legion of 3500 men 1855–7; went on special duty to Syria 1861; commanded Metropolitan volunteers 1877–80; M.G. 29 April 1880; M.P. for North Leics. 12 April 1880 to death; author of _An account of the right flank company of the third battalion Grenadier Guards at the battle of Inkerman_ 1857; _John Bryant or the stag hunt by E. S. B._ 1868. _d._ Palmeira sq. Hove, Brighton 31 May 1883. _New monthly mag. cxviii_, 421–5 (1880), _portrait_; _Biograph iv_, 510–3 (1880). BURNABY, FREDERICK GUSTAVUS (_son of Rev. Gustavus Andrew Burnaby of Somerby hall near Oakham 1802–72_). _b._ Bedford 3 March 1842; ed. at Bedford gr. sch. and Harrow; cornet Royal horse guards 30 Sep. 1859, lieut. col. 6 April 1881 to death; correspondent of the _Times_ at Carlist camp in Spain Aug. to Oct. 1874; agent of Stafford house committee in Russo-Turkish war 1877–8; commanded fifth Turkish brigade at battle of Tashkesan 31 Dec. 1877; contested Birmingham April 1880; went to Egypt as a volunteer 10 Jany. 1884; made 19 balloon ascents, crossed English channel in balloon Eclipse 23 March 1882; author of _A ride to Khiva_ 1876, _11 ed._ 1877; _On horseback through Asia Minor 2 vols._ 1877; _A ride across the channel_ 1882; killed by a spear wound at battle of Abu Klea in Soudan 17 Jany. 1885; obelisk to his memory in St. Philip’s churchyard, Birmingham unveiled 11 Nov. 1885. _Life and times of Col. F. Burnaby by J. R. Ware and R. K. Mann_ 1885, _portrait_; _Vanity Fair 7 Feb. 1885_, _portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxxvi_, 103 (1885), _portrait_. BURNABY, JOHN DICK (_eld. son of John Dick Burnaby of Evington, Leics. 1776–1852, captain Grenadier guards_). _b._ Billesdon Coplow, Leics. 19 April 1802; ed. at Emm. coll. Cam., LLD. 1826; barrister I.T. 21 Nov. 1828; comr. of bankrupts for Leicester, Nottingham and district; judge of county courts circuit 34 (Leicestershire) March 1847 to death. _d._ Torquay 29 Dec. 1855. BURNABY, RICHARD BEAUMONT (_2 son of Rev. Thomas Burnaby 1761–1830, preb. of Lincoln_). _b._ Misterton, Leics. 22 Feb. 1793; 2 lieut. R.A. 17 Dec. 1812, captain 9 Sep. 1834 to 9 April 1849; lieut. col. commandant Hampshire artillery 30 May 1853 to death; L.G. 10 Nov. 1868. _d._ Carlton crescent, Southampton 1 June 1871. BURNABY, SIR WILLIAM CRISP HOOD, 3 Baronet (_only son of Sir Wm. Chaloner Burnaby, 2 baronet who d. 19 Feb. 1794_). Entered navy 11 Oct. 1806; commander of Ardent prison ship at Bermuda 26 May 1814 to May 1816. _d._ Bermuda 1 Aug. 1853. BURNABY, SIR WILLIAM EDWARD, 4 Baronet. _b._ July 1824; ed. at Exeter coll. Ox.; succeeded 1 Aug. 1853. _d._ Boulogne 19 Aug. 1881. BURNARD, NEVILL NORTHEY (_son of George Burnard of Alternun, Cornwall, mason_). _b._ Alternun 1818; a mason; a carver in London; employed by Bailey, Marshall, Foley and other sculptors; executed statue of Richard Lander erected on the column in Lemon st. Truro about 1850, and statue of Ebenezer Elliott erected in Market place, Sheffield; executed many _portrait_ busts of eminent men. _d._ the Infirmary, Redruth, Cornwall 27 Nov. 1878. BURNE, JOHN. _b._ Worcestershire; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; M.D. 1 Aug. 1821; L.R.C.P. 22 Dec. 1823, a Fellow 4 July 1838; phys. to Westminster hosp. 1835–42; removed to Tiverton about 1843; removed to Bath about 1850; author of _A practical treatise on the Typhus or adynamic fever_ 1828; _A treatise on the causes and consequences of habitual constipation_ 1840. _d._ the United hospital, Bath 3 April 1880 aged 86. BURNELL, ARTHUR COKE (_eld. son of Arthur Burnell of East India Company’s navy_). _b._ St. Briavel’s, Gloucs. 11 July 1840; ed. at King’s college London; entered Indian civil service 1860; served in Madras 1860–80; C.I.E.; author of _Specimens of South Indian dialects collected by A. C. B._ 1873–8; _Elements of South Indian palæography_ 1874, _enlarged edition_ 1878; _Classified index to the Sanskrit MSS. in the palace at Tanjore_ 1880. _d._ West Stratton, Hampshire 12 Oct. 1882. His library was sold at Sotheby’s 14–17 Jany. 1884 for £1,566. _Hobson-Jobson being a glossary of Anglo-Indian colloquial words and phrases by H. Yule and the late A. C. Burnell_ (1886) _xiii, portrait_. BURNELL, GEORGE ROWDEN. _b._ 1814; civil engineer in America, Belgium and Holland; assistant engineer on Paris and Rouen railway 1842–8; built Equity and Law life office Lincoln’s Inn Fields London; author of _The rudiments of hydraulic engineering_ 1852; wrote for _Weale’s Rudimentary Series, treatises on Acoustics_; _Sound in public and private buildings_; _Well-sinking, boring and pump-work_; _Hydraulic engineering_; _River engineering_; _Fluids_; and _Limes, mortars and concrete_; edited _Engineer and Architect’s pocket book_ and _Builder’s and contractor’s price book_; contributed many articles to Arts and Sciences division of _English Cyclopædia_, _Proc. of Instit. of British Architects_, _Journal of Gas-lighting_ and _Builder_. _d._ 23 Kensington gardens terrace, Hyde park, London 23 July 1868 in 54 year. BURNES, JAMES (_eld. son of James Burnes 1780–1852, town clerk of Montrose_). _b._ Montrose 12 Feb. 1801; ed. at Montrose academy and Univ. of Edin.; entered Bombay medical service 1821; garrison surgeon of Bombay 1837; physician general in Bombay 15 Sep. 1848 to 20 Nov. 1849; provincial grand master of Western India 1836–46; grand master of Scottish lodge of Masons in India 1846–9; F.R.S. 2 April 1835; K.H. 1837; author of _A narrative of a visit to the court of Scinde_ 1829; _A sketch of the history of the Knights Templars_ 1837. _d._ Queen’s hotel, Manchester 19 Sep. 1862. _Notes on his name and family by James Burnes_ 1851 _PP._ BURNET, REV. JOHN. _b._ Methven st. Perth 13 April 1789; a shoemaker at Perth; Independent congregational minister at Cork 1815–30; pastor of Mansion house chapel Camberwell, London 12 Sep. 1830, of Camberwell Green chapel 1853 to death; took an active part in agitation for abolition of slave trade; one of committee of Bible Society; chairman of congregational Union of England and Wales 1845; author of _Essay on the Deity of Christ_ 1835; _The authority of pastors in the church_. _d._ Camberwell 10 June 1862. _W. H. Blanch’s Ye parish of Camberwell_ (1877) 234; _Services on occasion of the death of Rev. John Burnet_ 1862. BURNET, JOHN (_son of George Burnet, surveyor general of excise for Scotland_). _b._ Musselburgh near Edin. 20 March 1784; apprenticed to Robert Scott, landscape engraver 7 years; painter and engraver in London 1806–60; engraved many of Wilkie’s pictures; exhibited 1 picture at the R.A., 30 at B.I. and 6 at Suffolk st. gallery 1808–62; F.R.S. 16 March 1837 to 1849 or 1850; granted civil list pension of £75, 19 April 1861; author of _A practical treatise on painting in three parts_ 1822–7, _new ed._ 4 _parts_ 1880; _An essay on the education of the eye_ 1837; _Landscape painting in oil colours_ 1849, _2 ed._ 1861; _Turner and his works_ 1852, _2 ed._ 1859 and many other books. _d._ Victoria road, Stoke Newington, London 29 April 1868. _I.L.N. lii_, 504 (1868), _portrait_. BURNETT, SIR ALEXANDER, 9 Baronet. _b._ Crathes castle near Aberdeen 17 Dec. 1789; succeeded 16 Feb. 1849. _d._ Crathes castle 20 March 1856. BURNETT, SIR JAMES HORN, 10 Baronet. _b._ Crathes Castle 22 June 1801; succeeded 20 March 1856; lord lieut. of Kincardineshire 5 Jany. 1864 to death. _d._ Crathes castle 16 Sep. 1876. BURNETT, SIR WILLIAM (_son of Wm. Burnett of Montrose_). _b._ Montrose Jany. 1779; surgeon’s mate R.N. 1795, surgeon 1799; had charge of hospitals for prisoners of war at Portsmouth and Forton 1805–10; phys. and inspector of hospitals to Mediterranean fleet 26 May 1810 to 1813; a medical comr. of the navy 1822; L.R.C.P. 1825, F.R.C.P. 1836, consiliarius 1845–7; knighted at St. James’s palace 25 May 1831; K.C.H. 21 June 1831; F.R.S. 18 April 1833 to 1856 or 1857 when he withdrew; phys. general to the navy 1833 this designation was changed 1840 to that of inspector general of naval hospitals and fleets which gave way in 1844 to that of director general of medical department of the navy, a post which he held down to 1855 when he retired; phys. in ordinary to Wm. iv, 13 April 1835; K.C.B. 16 Aug. 1850; invented well-known disinfecting fluid 1838 and a fluid for preserving timber 1845; author of _A practical account of the Mediterranean fever_ 1816. _d._ Chichester 16 Feb. 1861. _Physic and physicians ii_, 323–5 (1839); _Munk’s Roll of physicians iii_, 307–8 (1878); _Lancet ii_, 558–63 (1850), _portrait_. BURNETT, WILLIAM FARQUHARSON. Entered navy 28 June 1838; captain 13 Nov. 1854; commodore on Australian station 21 July 1862 to death; C.B. 5 July 1855; lost in H.M.S. Orpheus off Manukan, New Zealand 7 Feb. 1863 when 190 lives were lost out of 260 on board, buried at Auckland. _Annual Reg._ (1863) 19–22. BURNEY, VEN. CHARLES PARR (_son of Rev. Charles Burney, preb. of Lincoln who d. 25 Dec. 1817_). _b._ Chiswick, Middlesex 19 Oct. 1785; ed. by his father and at Merton coll. Ox., B.A. 1808, M.A. 1811, B.D. and D.D. 1822; kept school at Greenwich 1814–35; R. of Sible Hedingham, Essex March 1838 to 1848; archdeacon of St. Albans 16 Oct. 1840; archdeacon of Colchester 15 Aug. 1845 to death; R. of Wickham Bishops, Essex 1848 to death; gave sum of £6,000 to establish a Clergy relief fund for his diocese; F.R.S. 22 Dec. 1814; F.L.S. 21 Jany. 1823. _d._ Brighton 1 Nov. 1864. BURNEY, JAMES. Entered navy 6 Jany. 1807; captain 10 Dec. 1835, retired 1 July 1851; retired admiral 18 Oct. 1867. _d._ 1 Montpellier terrace, Teddington, Middlesex 30 Oct. 1884 aged 91. BURNEY, MARTIN CHARLES (_only son of James Burney, rear admiral R.N._) _b._ 1788; solicitor in London; assisted in drawing up population and poor law returns; barrister I.T. 20 June 1828; reported in Master of the Rolls court for _The Times_; a great friend of Charles Lamb. _d._ James st. Buckingham gate, Westminster 20 Oct. 1852. BURNEY, WILLIAM. Major Cape mounted riflemen 20 June 1834 to 16 Feb. 1844 when placed on retired full pay; K.H. 1837; colonel 28 Nov.

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(_m._ 31 Oct. 1857 Ellen Elizabeth youngest dau. of Thomas 17. 1881. _d._ Villa Nevada, Cannes at 2 a._m._ 28 March 1884. _bur._ 18. 1861. _The life of The Prince Consort by Theodore Martin 5 vols._ 19. 1830. _d._ Belmont, Herts 14 Jany. 1861. 20. 1840. (_m._ 19 July 1819 Mary dau. of Alexander Dalgarno of Wales 21. 1876. _d._ Tenby 5 Nov. 1884. 22. 1848. (_m._ 9 Oct. 1822 Anne dau. of John Beresford, M.P. for co. 23. 1862. _d._ Edinburgh 18 Feb. 1852. _The life and letters of 24. 1850. (_m._ (1) 1813 Caroline 2 dau. of John Proby Kensington of 25. 1880. _Memorials of Rev. J. H. Anderson_ 1882, _portrait_. 26. 1853. _d._ Aberdeen 28 June 1860. _Sermons by the late Rev. Henry 27. 1881. _The Players i_, 185 (1860), _portrait_; _Anson’s dramatic 28. 1837. (_m._ 1832 Elizabeth eld. dau. of Wm. Blacker Bennett of 29. 62. _Baily’s Mag. xviii_, 253–55 (1870). 30. 1857. _Report of the jurors on class xiv (photography) of the 31. 1850. _d._ Australia 1857 aged 89. 32. 1877. _Minutes of proc. of Instit. of C.E. li_, 261–65 (1878). 33. 1853. _Fraser’s Mag. xlvii_, 173–83 (1853); _G.M. xxxix_, 667 34. 1879. _Jewish Chronicle 10 Jany. 1879_ 9–12; _Graphic xix_, 52 35. 1837. _d._ Brighton 9 Sep. 1853. 36. 1843. _d._ Guestling rectory 1 Sep. 1854. 37. 1855. _d._ Clonodfoy, co. Limerick 12 Sep. 1880. Personalty sworn 38. 1880. _Recollections of Richard Cobden, by H. Ashworth, 2 ed._ 39. 1864. _d._ 4 Aug. 1882. 40. 1880. _Book-lore March_ 1885 _p._ 119. 41. 1855. _The Christian Reformer xi_, 265–73 (1855). 42. 1846. (_m._ 1819 Sarah dau. of John Randall of the Isle of Wight, 43. 1842. _d._ 18 Dorset sq. London 7 Aug. 1852. _Journal of Royal 44. 1851. _G.M. xxxvii_ 192–93 (1852). 45. 1834. _d._ Ashelworth rectory 22 June 1877. 46. 1863. _O’Byrne_ (1861) 33–34. 47. 1838. 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