George Burns, 2nd Baron Inverclyde

George Arbuthnot Burns, 2nd Baron Inverclyde (17 September 1861 – 8 October 1905) was a ship owner.^[1] Burns was the elder son of John Burns, First Baron Inverclyde (24 June 1829 - 12 February 1901).

The Burns fleet of shipping amounted to over 100 vessels, trading between the Clyde, Ireland, Liverpool and the Scottish Highlands. He was Chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company (Later the Cunard Line).

He was Justice of the Peace for Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire, and a Deputy Lieutenant for Glasgow. He was also Lord Dean of Guild of the City of Glasgow, 1903-4.^[2]

On 6 April 1886, he married Mary Fergusson, younger daughter of Hickson Fergusson, of The Knowe, Ayrshire. However, he died childless in 1905, and the titles and business passed to his younger brother, James Cleland Burns, 3rd Baron Inverclyde (1864–1919).^[3]

References

^ "George Arbuthnot Burns, 2nd Baron Inverclyde of Castle Wemyss, M, #190640, b. 17 September 1861, d. 8 October 1905". The Peerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p19064.htm#i190640. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
^ Merchants House of Glasgow - List of Deans
^ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 156. Cited by ThePeerage.com

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Burns	Baron Inverclyde 1901 – 1905	Succeeded by James Burns

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Name	Burns, George
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Date of birth	17 September 1861
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Date of death	8 October 1905
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