Francis Burdett (1743)
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| Born | 1743 bapt. Foremark, Derbyshire |
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| Died | 3 February 1794 |
| Residence | Foremarke Hall |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse | Eleanor Jones |
| Children | Sir Francis Burdett and William Jones Burdett |
| Parents | Sir Robert Burdett, 4th Baronet |
[edit] Biography
He was born in 1743[1] and baptised at Foremark, a hamlet near his families ancestral home of Foremarke Hall. He was the son of Sir Robert Burdett, 4th Baronet and his first wife. His mother Elizabeth died when he was young on 24 August 1747 and his father married again.
Burdett was the brother in law and ??? of Francis Mundy He was a member of the private Markeaton Hunt. In 1762–3 Mundy commissioned a set of six portraits. Each of the subjects was in the distinctive dress of the Markeaton Hunt, consisting of a blue coat over a scarlet waistcoat and yellow breeches. These paintings hung at Mundy's ancestral home, Markeaton Hall.[2] Only a year or so leter there was another portrait by Francis Cotes.
Burdett married Eleanor Jones on 30 December 1766. His children were: Sir Robert Burdett (1768 - 1834), Sir Francis/Robert Burdett (Coults) 1770 - 1844, Mary Eleanor Burdett (1771), Charles Sedley Burdett (1772 - 1794), William Jones Burdett (1774 - 1840), Ermley Burdett 1776, Elizabeth Burdett (1777 - after 1801), Frances Burdett (1788 - 1846).
