Sir
Robert
Burnett of Leys
7th Bt
formerly Burnett
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Brother of
Thomas Burnett, Alexander (Burnett) Ramsay of Balmain 1st Bt, Catherine Burnett and William Burnett
Husband of
Margaret (Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone) Burnett
— married
1785 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas (Burnett) Burnett of Leys 8th Bt, Mary Burnett of Leys, Alexander Burnett 9th Bt, Katherine Burnett of Leys, Robert Burnett of Leys, Margaret (Burnett of Leys) Ramsay, William Burnett of Leys, James Horn (Burnett) Burnett of Leys 10th Bt and Helen Burnett of Leys
Died
at age 81
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Oct 2011
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Biography
VII. 1783.
Sir Robert Burnett, Baronet [S. 1626], of Crathes Castle aforesaid, s. and h., 6. 20 Dec. 1755, was an officer in the Royal Scots Fusileers, serving in the first American War, and being taken prisoner in 1777 at Saratoga ; suc. to the Baronetcy in May 1783.
He m. 16 Sep. 1785, Margaret, 4th da. of General Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone (formerly Dalrymple), of Logie Elphinstone, co. Aberdeen, by Mary, da. and h. of Sir James Elphinstone, of Logie aforesaid.
He d. 5 Jan. 1837. Will pr. April 1838. His widow d. 18 March 1849, at Logie Elphinstone, aged 84.
Sources
See also:
- Complete Baronetage (GEC)
- WikiTree profile Burnett-468 created through the import of Mcalary Family Tree.ged on Oct 20, 2011 by Anna McAlary.
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