George Frederick Burr (5 November 1819 – 5 December 1857) was an English first-class cricketer and Anglican priest. Burr was born in Marylebone and educated at Maidstone Grammar School and

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corpo ...

. He was awarded a cricket blue in 1840, appearing for Cambridge University in three first-class matches in 1840 and 1841. After graduating he was ordained as a Church of England priest and was

curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

at Frittenden, Kent, 1844–55. He became curate at Worlingworth with

Southolt Southolt is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, about southeast of Eye, on the road between Bedingfield and Worlingworth. History John Speed recorded the village on his 1610 map as "Southold". The Plough pub at Southolt Green opened i ...

, Suffolk, in 1856 but died at

Dennington Dennington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. It is north of Framlingham and north-east of Ipswich in the east of the county. It lies along the A1120 road around west of the road's junction with the main A12 ro ...

, also in Suffolk, in 1857.

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1819 births 1857 deaths Cambridge University cricketers English cricketers People educated at Maidstone Grammar School Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge 19th-century English Anglican priests {{England-cricket-bio-1810s-stub