Francis Burdett (1743–1794) was a member of the Burdett family of Bramcote which had a lineage of baronetcy. He failed to inherit the

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baronetcy, as he died in 1794, before his father's death in 1797. He is the subject of two notable paintings.

Biography

Burdett was born in 1743A View of the Present State of Derbyshire, James Pilkington, 1789, accessed 14 June 2008 and baptised at Foremark, a hamlet near his families ancestral home of Foremarke Hall, Derbyshire. He was the son of

Sir Robert Burdett, 4th Baronet Sir Robert Burdett, 4th Baronet (28 May 1716 – 13 February 1797) was a British politician and member of the English gentry. Burdett was the posthumous son of Robert Burdett, son of Sir Robert Burdett, 3rd Baronet of Bramcote, Warwickshire. His ...

and his first wife. His mother Elizabeth died when he was young on 24 August 1747 and his father married again. When Burdett came of age his father was having the ancestral home of Foremarke Hall remodelled. Burdett was the brother-in-law of Francis Mundy and a member of the private Markeaton Hunt. In 1762–3 Mundy commissioned a set of six portraits. Each of the subjects was in the distinctive dress of the Markeaton Hunt, consisting of a blue coat over a scarlet waistcoat and yellow breeches. These paintings hung at Mundy's ancestral home,

Markeaton Hall Markeaton Hall was an 18th-century country house in Markeaton, Derbyshire. History The manor of Markeaton was held by the Tuchet family from the 13th century.Magna Britannia p202 Sir John Tuchet (b.1327) married Joan, daughter of James Audley, 2 ...

. A year or so later there was another portrait by Francis Cotes. Burdett married Eleanor Jones, daughter of William Jones of Ramsbury Manor, Wiltshire, on 30 December 1766. His children were Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt., born 25 January 1770, and William Jones Burdett (ca. 1772 – 1840) who fathered the 7th Baronet.Peerage.com
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burdett 1743 births 1794 deaths People from South Derbyshire District Paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby Heirs apparent who never acceded