Peter Burrell FRS (27 August 1724 – 6 November 1775) was a

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politician and barrister.

Life

Born in

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, he was the son of Peter Burrell and his wife Amy Raymond, daughter of Hugh Raymond. His uncle was Sir Merrick Burrell, 1st Baronet and his younger brother

Sir William Burrell, 2nd Baronet Sir William Burrell (10 October 1732 – 20 January 1796) was an English antiquarian. Biography He was the third son of Peter Burrell of Beckenham, Kent, and was born in Leadenhall Street on 10 October 1732. He was educated at St. John's Colle ...

. Burrell was educated at

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, and graduated with a

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in 1745 and then with a

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. In 1749, he was called to the bar by

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. Burrell sat as

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(MP) in the

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for Launceston from 1759 to 1768 and subsequently for

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to 1774. In 1752, he was invested as a

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of the

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, and, in 1769, he was appointed

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Family

On 28 February 1748, Burrell married Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of John Lewis of Hackney; they lived at Langley Park. They had four daughters and a son,

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, the later

Baron Gwydyr Baron Gwydyr, of Gwydyr in the County of Carnarvon, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created on 16 June 1796 for Sir Peter Burrell, 2nd Baronet, who had earlier represented Boston and Haslemere in the House of Commons. The B ...

. *The first daughter Elizabeth Amelia married in 1766 Richard Henry Alexander Bennet. *The second daughter

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(1750–1812) married Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley, and was ancestor to the

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. *The third daughter Frances Julia Burrell married Hugh Percy, Second

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in 1779, and was mother to both the Third

, also named Hugh, and

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, Fourth

. Frances's husband and Isabella's husband were brothers, both sons of

Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, (c. 17146 June 1786), was an English peer, landowner, and art patron. Origins He was born Hugh Smithson, the son of Lansdale Smithson (b. 1682) of Langdale and Philadelphia Revely. He was a grandson of ...

. *The fourth daughter,

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, married firstly

Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton, 5th Duke of Brandon and 2nd Baron Hamilton of Hameldon, (24 July 1756 – 2 August 1799) was a Scottish peer, nobleman, and politician. Life Hamilton was born at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the son of ...

and secondly

Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter (14 March 1754 – 1 May 1804), known as Henry Cecil from 1754 to 1793 and as The Earl of Exeter from 1793 to 1801, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1790 and succeeded ...

. There was no issue from either marriage.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burrell, Peter 1724 births 1775 deaths Politicians from London Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Members of Lincoln's Inn British MPs 1754–1761 British MPs 1761–1768 British MPs 1768–1774 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Totnes Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies in Cornwall Fellows of the Royal Society