by J. H. Burton_ (1882) _i-civ, portrait_; _Blackwood’s Mag.
cxxx_, 401–4 (1881); _Graphic xxiv_, 269 (1881), _portrait_.
BURTON, SIR RICHARD (_son of Sir John Burton of Wakefield,
Yorkshire_). _b._ Westminster 1773; knighted at St. James’s palace
13 Sep. 1831. _d._ Sackett’s hill house, Margate 3 Sep. 1855.
BURTON, WILLIAM EVANS (_son of Wm. Burton of London, printer
1774–1825_). _b._ London Sep. 1802; ed. at St. Paul’s sch.; acted
in Norwich circuit 7 years; first appeared in London at Pavilion
theatre Feb. 1831 as Wormwood in _The lottery ticket_; acted at
Haymarket 1833; first appeared in America at Arch st. theatre
Philadelphia 3 Sep. 1834 as Doctor Ollapod in _The Poor
gentleman_; lessee and manager of theatres in Philadelphia and
Baltimore; leased Palma’s Opera house New York 1848 which he
renamed Burton’s Theatre; manager of Metropolitan theatre Broadway
which he renamed Burton’s New theatre Sep. 1856–8; wrote several
plays best known being _Ellen Wareham_, a domestic drama, produced
May 1833 when it was played at 5 London theatres at same time;
edited _Cambridge Quarterly Review_ and _Philadelphia Literary
Souvenir_ 1838–40; author of _Waggaries and vagaries_ 1848;
_Cyclopædia of wit and humour 2 vols._ 1857. _d._ 174 Hudson st.
New York 9 Feb. 1860. _Ireland’s Records of the New York stage
ii_, 235–8 (1867); _Burton’s Cyclopædia_ (1857), _portrait_; _T.
A. Brown’s American stage_ (1870) 57, 66, _portrait_.
BURTON, WILLIAM MARTIN. Second lieut. Madras artillery 1798, colonel
26 Feb. 1840 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. _d._ at his residence
near London 13 Aug. 1853.
BURTON, WILLIAM PATON (_son of Wm. Paton Burton, captain Indian
army_). _b._ Madras 1828; ed. at Edinburgh; pupil of David Bryce,
architect; a water colour painter; exhibited many landscapes at
the R.A. and Suffolk st. gallery 1862–80. _d._ Cults, Aberdeen 31
Dec. 1883.
BURTON-PETERS, HENRY. _b._ 1792; M.P. for Beverley 31 July 1830 to
17 July 1837. _d._ Bath 24 Nov. 1874.
BURTT, JOHN. _b._ Fulbeck, Lincs.; published _The young patriot and
other poems by J. B. a friend of the Aborigines protection
society_ 1846. _d._ Stockport, Cheshire 5 July 1859 aged 71.
_Annual Monitor for 1860 pp._ 66–74.
BURTT, JOHN. _b._ Knockmarlock, Ayrshire 1789; apprenticed to a
weaver; pressed into navy 1807; served on board the Magnificent 5
years; taught in Kilmarnock and Paisley 1816; went to United
States; studied at Princeton college; Presbyterian minister at
Salem; professor of theology 1835. _d._ 24 March 1866.
BURTT, JOSEPH. _b._ St. Pancras, London 7 Nov. 1818; worked under
Sir Francis Palgrave at Chapter house, Westminster Abbey 1832–40;
clerk in Record Office 1840, a second class assistant keeper of
records Aug. 1851, a first class June 1859 to death; sec. to Royal
Archæol. Instit. 1862 to death; edited _Archæological Journal_;
edited _Household expenses of John of Brabant, and of Thomas and
Henry of Lancaster_ for the Miscellany of Camden Society. _d._
Crofton lodge, Upper Tulse hill, Surrey 15 Dec. 1876.
_Archæological Journal xxxiv_, 90–2 (1877).
BURY, CHARLOTTE SUSAN MARIA (_dau. of 5 Duke of Argyll 1723–1806_).
_b._ Argyll house, Oxford st. London 28 Jany. 1775; lady in
waiting to Princess of Wales, afterwards Queen Caroline 1809;
published anonymously _Poems on several occasions by a Lady_ 1797;
_Love 3 vols._ 1837, _2 ed._ 1860; _Diary illustrative of the
times of George the Fourth 4 vols._ 1838–9; and with her name,
_The divorced 2 vols._ 1837, _2 ed._ 1858. (_m._ (1) 14 June 1796
John Campbell, M.P. for Ayr burghs who _d._ 15 March 1809. _m._
(2) 17 March 1818 Rev. Edward John Bury, R. of Lichfield, Hants,
who _d._ May 1832 aged 42). _d._ 91 Sloane st. Chelsea 31 March