Edwyn Burnaby (1798 - 1867)

Born 29 Sep 1798 in Rotherby, Leicestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Caroline (Salisbury) Burnaby — married 28 Aug 1829 in Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Descendants

Died 18 Jul 1867 at age 68 in Leicestershire, England

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Biography

Edwyn Burnaby is Notable.

Edwyn Burnaby (29 September 1798 – 18 July 1867) was an English landowner, of Baggrave Hall, Leicestershire, 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.

Background

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^[1]: his age is given as 19 on matriculation at Worcester College, Oxford on 20 October 1817. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and served as a captain in the Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards.

Marriage and family

On 29 August 1829, he married Anne Caroline Salisbury^[2], daughter of Thomas Salisbury, by Frances, daughter of Francis Webb.

They had several children, including (1) Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (1830–1883), general and Member of Parliament (2) Caroline Louisa Burnaby (1832–1918), by whom Burnaby became the ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II (3) Cecilia Florence Burnaby (d. 1869), married George Onslow Newton. (4) Gertrude Laura Burnaby (d. 1865), married Ernest Vaughan, 4th Earl of Lisburne.[8]

Legacy

He was the great-great-grandfather of HM Queen Elizabeth II, through her mother Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother).

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMJ5-LPG : 30 December 2014, Edwyn Burnaby, 30 Sep 1798); citing ROTHERBY,LEICESTER,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 588,451, 592,602.
2. ↑ "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSW-J24Z : 6 November 2017), Edwyn Burnaby and Anne Caroline Salisbury, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing United Kingdom, 04 Sep 1829, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .

• ThePeerage.Edwyn Burnaby

• Wikipedia: Edwyn Burnaby (courtier)

Acknowledgments

Thank you John Cherry for creating this profile.