Sir Harry Burrard, 1st Baronet (1707 – 12 April 1791) was a

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politician who sat in the

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for 37 years from 1741 to 1778.

Early life

Burrard was the eldest son of Paul Burrard MP, of

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, and his wife Lucy Dutton-Colt, daughter of Sir Thomas Dutton-Colt, Envoy to the Courts of

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and

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. In 1728, Burrard was appointed

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and in 1731 was appointed as a Collector of the Customs of London. In 1738, Burrard succeeded his father to Walhampton Manor.

Political career

The Burrard family had a strong interest in the port town of

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, which usually enabled them to fill both of its seats in Parliament. Burrard's father and grandfather both represented the borough in Parliament. At the

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he was returned as Member of Parliament for the Lymington constituency and retained the seat until 1778. He was appointed riding forester of the New Forest in 1754 and Governor of Calshot Castle in 1761. On 3 April 1769, he was made a

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, of Walhampton in the County of

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, with a special remainder to his brothers.

Family

In 1731, Burrard married firstly Alicia Snape, daughter of Francis°Ancestry.com. England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 atabase on-line Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Used by permission. Snape, and in 1754, secondly Mary Frances Clarke, daughter of James Clarke. He had a daughter and four sons by his first wife and a daughter and a son by his second wife. His sons died all before him, so he was succeeded in his

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Harry Burrard-Neale Admiral Sir Harry Burrard Neale, 2nd Baronet (born Harry Burrard; 16 September 1765 – 7 February 1840) was a Royal Navy officer and politician who represented Lymington in the British House of Commons between 1790 and 1835. He was the son of W ...

, the oldest son of his younger brother.

Notes

References

* *'Parishes: Boldre', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 616–623. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56896. Retrieved 22 May 2011 {{DEFAULTSORT:Burrard, Sir Harry, 1st Baronet 1707 births 1791 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain British MPs 1741–1747 British MPs 1747–1754 British MPs 1754–1761 British MPs 1761–1768 British MPs 1768–1774 British MPs 1774–1780 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies