Edwyn Burnaby, High Sheriff of Leicestershire
| Edwyn Burnaby | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Anne Caroline Salisbury |
| Father | Edwyn Andrew Burnaby |
| Mother | Mary Browne |
| Born | 29 September 1798 |
| Died | 18 July 1867 (aged 68) |
Edwyn Burnaby (29 September 1798 – 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, (died 1 October 1825), and his wife Mary, daughter and heiress of the Reverend William Browne and his wife Mary Adcock. He was baptised on 30 September 1798 at Rotherby, Leicestershire.[3] He was probably born the day before;[4] his age is given as 19 on matriculation at Worcester College, Oxford on 20 October 1817.[5] He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford,[1] and served as a captain in the Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards[2]
On 29 August 1829, he married Anne Caroline Salisbury, daughter of Thomas Salisbury (solicitor), by Frances, daughter of Francis Webb.[6]
They had several children, including:
- Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (1830–1883), major-general and Member of Parliament[1]
- Caroline Louisa Burnaby (1832–1918), by whom Burnaby became great-great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II
- Cecilia Florence Burnaby (d. 1869), married George Onslow Newton.[7]
- Gertrude Laura Burnaby (d. 1865), married Ernest Vaughan, 4th Earl of Lisburne[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gentleman's Magazine, September 1867, p. 398
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Burke, John (1838). History of The Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. vol.iv. London. pp. 702–4.
- ↑ Parish register
- ↑ See presumed misprint, 29 September 1799, in Townend, P. (ed.) (1965) Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th edition. pp. 102–105. (Burke's Peerage, London) and Wagner, A. R. (1940) "Some of the Sixty-four Ancestors of Her Majesty the Queen". In: Genealogist's Magazine vol. 9 (no. 1) pp. 7–13
- ↑ Foster, J (1888). Alumni Oxoniensis. Vol. I. Oxford: Parker & Co. p. 194.
- ↑ "Some Descendants Of John And Frances (Skey) Webb". The Genealogy Pages of Edward J. Davies. 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ↑ Joseph Jackson Howard, Frederick Arthur Crisp. Visitation of England and Wales. p. 39.
- ↑ Nicholas, Thomas. Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales. p. 201.