Edwyn Burnaby (29 September 1798 – 18 July 1867) of

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, was an

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landowner,

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,''Gentleman's Magazine'', September 1867, p. 398 a

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, 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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. 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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. 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. His grandfather was Andrew Burnaby. He was baptised on 30 September 1798 at

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, 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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, and served as a captain in the Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards. On 29 August 1829, he married

Anne Caroline Salisbury Anne Caroline Salisbury (1805 – 3 May 1881) was the wife of Edwyn Burnaby, and mother of Edwyn Sherard Burnaby and Caroline Louisa Burnaby. She is the maternal great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, great-great-grandmother of ...

, daughter of Thomas Salisbury (solicitor), by Frances, daughter of Francis Webb. They had several children, including: *

Edwyn Sherard Burnaby Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (22 May 1830 – 31 May 1883) was a major-general''Gentleman's Magazine'', September 1867, p. 398 and Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicestershire North from 1880 until his death. He served in the Crim ...

(1830–1883), major-general and Member of Parliament * Caroline Louisa Burnaby (1832–1918) * Cecilia Florence Burnaby (d. 1869), married George Onslow Newton. * Gertrude Laura Burnaby (d. 1865), married Ernest Vaughan, 5th Earl of Lisburne (1836–1888) * Ida Charlotte Burnaby (1839–1886) m.

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(1829–1888)

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