Captain Edwyn Burnaby JP DL (29 September 1798 – 18 July 1867) of Baggrave Hall,

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, was an English landowner,

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,''Gentleman's Magazine'', September 1867, p. 398 He was a maternal great-grandfather of

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and therefore a direct ancestor of

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and

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Early life

Edwyn was the eldest son of Edwyn Andrew Burnaby, (d. 1825), and his wife Mary Browne, daughter and heiress of the Reverend William Browne and his wife Mary Adcock. His grandfather was

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. He was baptised on 30 September 1798 at Rotherby,

, and was probably born the day before as various editions of ''

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'' and other published sources give his date of birth as 29 September 1799. His age is given as 19 on matriculation at

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on 20 October 1817. He was educated at

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Career

He served as a captain in the Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards. He was also a Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant, and

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in 1864. He succeeded his father in the Court post of Gentleman of the

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Personal life

On 29 August 1829, he married Anne Caroline Salisbury, daughter of Thomas Salisbury (solicitor), by Frances, daughter of Francis Webb. Together, they had several children, including: * Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (1830–1883), major-general and Member of Parliament * Caroline Louisa Burnaby (1832–1918), who married the Rev. Charles Cavendish-Bentinck, grandson of the Prime Minister, the 3rd Duke of Portland. Burnaby died on 18 July 1867.''Leicester Journal'', 26 Jul 1867.

References

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