Captain Henry Marley Burton (1821–1880) was a British architect.
Family
He was the eldest illegitimate son of the gunpowder manufacturer William Ford Burton (1784 – 1856) and the grandson of the pre-eminent London property developer
James Burton
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and the nephew of the architect
Decimus Burton.
Henry Marley had one brother, William Warwick Burton (d. 21 October 1861).
William Warwick Burton lived at
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Lincoln's Inn Fields is the largest public square in London. It was laid out in the 1630s under the initiative of the speculative builder and contractor William Newton, "the first in a long series of entrepreneurs who took a hand in develo ...
, where he was articled as a solicitor to his uncle, Septimus Burton (27 July 1794 – 25 November 1842) of
Lincoln's Inn. William Warwick Burton had three children, William Edgar Burton, Edmund Burton, and Jessy Burton,
each of whom were left property in the will of their uncle, Decimus, who never married and died without issue.
Henry Marley Burton was baptized as Henry Marley on 12 Dec 1821: at his baptism, he was claimed to be the son of William Marley and Sally Marley, London neighbours of the Burtons.
Architect
Henry Marley Burton trained in the office of his uncle,
Decimus Burton, by whom he was subsequently employed as an assistant.
Henry Marley succeeded to Decimus's practice on Decimus's retirement in 1869.
In 1866, Henry Marley was commissioned by
John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton
John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton, PC (18 October 1825 – 25 May 1897), known before 1884 as John George Dodson, was a British Liberal politician. He was Chairman of Ways and Means (Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons) between 1 ...
to design a mansion at Coneyborough. His uncle Decimus had designed Bineham in Chailey for Dodson's brother-in-law
John George Blencowe.
[National Archives: East Sussex]
ARCHIVE OF LORD MONK BRETTON OF CONYBORO IN BARCOMBE
Accessed: 18 June 2016. The construction of additions to the Clubhouse of the
Oriental Club that were designed by
Decimus Burton, in 1853, was superintended, when eventually commenced, in 1871, by his nephew Henry Marley Burton.
Henry Marley, together with his uncle Decimus, trained the architect
Edward John May FRIBA.
Personal life
Henry Marley Burton was a Captain in the
Queen's (Westminster) Rifle Corps.
Henry Marley's residence was 14
Spring Gardens
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St James's
St James's is a central district in the City of Westminster, London, forming part of the West End. In the 17th century the area developed as a residential location for the British aristocracy, and around the 19th century was the focus of the d ...
.
Henry Marley had at least one son, Edgar Burton, who became an architect.
Edgar Burton's daughter, Adelaide Veronica Elizabeth Burton, was abortively married, at
St. George's, Hanover Square
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, to
Leopold Albu, of
4 Hamilton Place, Mayfair, the brother of Sir George Albu, between 19 August 1901 and 1915.
Henry Marley Burton died in 1880.
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19th-century English architects
Greek Revival architects
Architects from London
Georgian architecture
Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Queen's Westminsters officers