Edwyn Burnaby (1799-1867)
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Edwyn Burnaby (29 September 1799 – 18 July 1867) was an English landowner, of Baggrave Hall, Leicestershire,[1] a Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant, and High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1864. He also succeeded his father in the Court post of Gentleman of the Privy chamber.[1][2]
Edwyn was the eldest son of Edwyn Andrew Burnaby snr., (d. 1825) (whom he succeeded on October 1, 1825), and his wife Mary, daughter & heiress of the Reverend William Browne and wife Mary Adcock. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford,[1] and served as a captain in the Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards[2] and the Leicestershire Yeomanry.
On August 28, 1829, he married Anne Caroline Salisbury, daughter of Thomas Salisbury, Esq., by Mary, daughter of Thomas Lister, Esq.[2]
They had several children, including:
- Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (1830–1883), general and Member of Parliament[1]
- Caroline Louisa Burnaby (1832–1918), by whom Burnaby became great grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II[3]
- Cecilia Florence Burnaby (d. 1869), married George Onslow Newton.[4]
- Gertrude Laura Burnaby (d. 1865), married Ernest Augustus Mallet Vaughan, 4th Earl of Lisburne[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Gentleman's Magazine, September 1867, p. 398
- ^ a b c Burke, John, History of The Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1838, vol.iv, pps702-4
- ^ thePeerage.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
- ^ [Joseph Jackson Howard, Frederick Arthur Crisp Visitation of England and Wales], 39. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas. [Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales], 201. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
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