Burnell-Nugent is a
compound surname
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formed from combining
Burnell Burnell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alf Burnell (born 1924), English rugby player
* Arthur Coke Burnell (1840–1882), British translator
* Barker Burnell (1798–1843), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
* Cassand ...
and
Nugent, arising from the 1905 marriage of
Frank Burnell-Nugent
Brigadier-General Frank Henry Burnell-Nugent, (5 September 1880 – 12 March 1942), born Frank Henry Nugent , was a British Army officer and an English first-class cricketer.
Family
Frank Nugent was the son of Albert Llewellyn Nugent, 3rd Baro ...
(né Nugent) and Ellen Burnell. Frank Burnell-Nugent was the son of Albert Llewellyn Nugent, 3rd Baron Nugent, whose father, Walter, had been created a Baron of Austria in 1859. Walter Nugent was a descendant of the
Barons Delvin, later created Earls of Westmeath.
[A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Sir Bernard Burke, 1868, p. 1164]
Notable people with the surname include:
*
Frank Burnell-Nugent
Brigadier-General Frank Henry Burnell-Nugent, (5 September 1880 – 12 March 1942), born Frank Henry Nugent , was a British Army officer and an English first-class cricketer.
Family
Frank Nugent was the son of Albert Llewellyn Nugent, 3rd Baro ...
(1880–1942), British Army officer and an English cricketer
*
James Burnell-Nugent (born 1949), British Commander-in-Chief Fleet of the Royal Navy
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Compound surnames