Sir Robert Burdett, 3rd Baronet DL (11 January 1640 – 18 January 1716) was an

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baronet and

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politician.

Background and education

Burdett was the offspring of a

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family, who had settled also in

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.Cokayne (1900), p. 119 He was oldest son of Sir Francis Burdett, 2nd Baronet and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Walter, some time a

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.Burke (1832), p. 179 In 1659, he went to

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and then was called to the bar by

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in 1662. On the death of his father in 1696, he succeeded to the baronetcy.

Career

Burdett entered the

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in 1679, sitting for

in the next both years. In 1689 he was elected for

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, which he represented until his retirement in 1698.Cruickshanks, Handley and Hayton (2002), p. 411 In Parliament he spoke unsuccessfully against the attainder of

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, who was beheaded shortly afterwards. He was nominated a Deputy Lieutenant in 1704, serving for Warwickshire.

Family

Burdett married firstly Mary, only daughter of Gervase Pigot in 1666 and had by her a son and a daughter.Debrett (1824), pp. 4–5 After her death two years later, he married again Magdalen Aston, daughter of Sir Thomas Aston, 1st Baronet in 1676. By her Burdett had another four sons and as many daughters. Magdalen died in 1694. His third wife was Mary, daughter of Thomas Brome. Burdett died in January 1716, aged 76; he was survived by his last wife. Robert, his only surviving son had predeceased him for two week and so the title was claimed by the former baronet's younger brother Walter.Kimber (1771), p. 152–153 Elizabeth, Robert's wife, however was pregnant at the time of his death and when her son

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, named after his father, was born in May 1716, he succeeded to the baronetcy.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burdett, Robert, 3rd Baronet 1640 births 1716 deaths Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford Baronets in the Baronetage of England Deputy Lieutenants of Warwickshire Members of Gray's Inn English MPs 1679 English MPs 1680–1681 English MPs 1689–1690 English MPs 1690–1695 English MPs 1695–1698