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Sir William Burrell, 2nd Baronet

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22: 369: 134:. Nearly every parish of Sussex was personally visited by him and its records inspected and partly copied. Drawings were made for him of churches, houses and sepulchral monuments, and he spared no labour in tracing the descent of the county families. He did not print any portion of his work, but bequeathed the entire collection to the British Museum, where it is now deposited among the 186: 142:
extensively in 1758. Tourism had scarcely touched Scotland before the middle of the 18th century, making Burrell's travel journals an important early source of local history and Scotland's social and economic conditions.
127:, he acquired considerable wealth. His father-in-law was created a baronet in 1773 with reversion of the title to Burrell and his heirs, which allowed him to succeed Raymond as 2nd baronet in 1789. 475: 379: 480: 450: 309: 256: 313: 260: 40: 92:, two volumes of his own manuscript reports of cases decided in that court between the years 1766 and 1774. They were edited by Mr. R. G. Marsden in 1885. 146:
Burrell was seized with paralysis in August 1787, and, though he partially recovered, found it necessary to resign his public appointments. He retired to
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From an early period in life he was interested in antiquarian pursuits and ultimately concentrated his attention upon the history of the county of
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in 1768, and became a commissioner of excise in 1774, being re-elected for Haslemere in that year. He was also
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Lady Burrell married secondly the clergyman William Clay. She died on the Isle of Wight 20 June 1802.
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has been placed in the church. A secondary monument (also by Flaxman) was erected at
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in 1760, and in the latter year (3 November) was admitted as an advocate at
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with his wife Sophia, and there died on 20 January 1796. He was buried at
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61: 337: 88:, and there were in the possession of his grandson, Sir 158:, Sussex, where a simple monument to his memory by 44:(10 October 1732 – 20 January 1796) was an English 336: 476:Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London 392:. Vol. 07. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 123:, a noted poet and dramatist and daughter of 8: 308:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 255:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 481:Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain 395: 312:) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( 274:Burrell, William, Sir, 1732-1796. (1997). 259:) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( 221:Burrell, William, Sir, 1732-1796. (1997). 119:. By his marriage in 1773 with his cousin 338:"Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" 277:Sir William Burrell's Northern tour, 1758 224:Sir William Burrell's Northern tour, 1758 99:in 1764, and held the same office in the 56:He was the third son of Peter Burrell of 178: 68:on 10 October 1732. He was educated at 451:Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge 301: 248: 7: 156:St George's Church, West Grinstead 25:Sir William Burrell, engraving by 14: 351:from the original on 14 June 2023 389:Dictionary of National Biography 378:Robinson, Charles John (1886). " 367: 344:Dictionary of National Biography 95:Burrell was made chancellor of 84:. He practised chiefly in the 1: 70:St. John's College, Cambridge 471:Fellows of the Royal Society 466:Members of Doctors' Commons 400:Baronetage of Great Britain 191:A Cambridge Alumni Database 187:"Burrel, William (BRL749W)" 512: 193:. University of Cambridge. 424: 411: 405: 398: 72:, whence he graduated as 115:, and a director of the 29: 491:People from Beckenham 24: 446:English antiquarians 418:(of Valentine House) 101:diocese of Rochester 496:People from Dorking 125:Sir Charles Raymond 33:Sir William Burrell 16:English antiquarian 64:, and was born in 30: 434: 433: 425:Succeeded by 117:South Sea Company 66:Leadenhall Street 503: 406:Preceded by 396: 393: 380:Burrell, William 371: 370: 361: 360: 358: 356: 340: 333: 327: 324: 318: 317: 307: 299: 271: 265: 264: 254: 246: 218: 212: 201: 195: 194: 183: 82:Doctors' Commons 43: 511: 510: 506: 505: 504: 502: 501: 500: 436: 435: 430: 428:Charles Burrell 421: 416: 409: 408:Charles Raymond 384:Stephen, Leslie 377: 368: 365: 364: 354: 352: 335: 334: 330: 325: 321: 300: 288: 273: 272: 268: 247: 235: 220: 219: 215: 202: 198: 185: 184: 180: 175: 86:admiralty court 54: 35: 17: 12: 11: 5: 509: 507: 499: 498: 493: 488: 486:Burrell family 483: 478: 473: 468: 463: 458: 453: 448: 438: 437: 432: 431: 426: 423: 410: 407: 403: 402: 363: 362: 328: 319: 286: 266: 233: 213: 196: 177: 176: 174: 171: 164:West Grinstead 121:Sophia Raymond 90:Walter Burrell 53: 50: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 508: 497: 494: 492: 489: 487: 484: 482: 479: 477: 474: 472: 469: 467: 464: 462: 459: 457: 454: 452: 449: 447: 444: 443: 441: 429: 420: 417: 415: 404: 401: 397: 394: 391: 390: 385: 381: 375: 374:public domain 350: 346: 345: 339: 332: 329: 323: 320: 315: 311: 305: 297: 293: 289: 287:1-898410-98-4 283: 279: 278: 270: 267: 262: 258: 252: 244: 240: 236: 234:1-898410-98-4 230: 226: 225: 217: 214: 210: 209:9781905269211 206: 200: 197: 192: 188: 182: 179: 172: 170: 167: 165: 161: 157: 153: 149: 144: 141: 137: 133: 128: 126: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 98: 93: 91: 87: 83: 79: 76:in 1755, and 75: 71: 67: 63: 59: 51: 49: 47: 42: 38: 34: 28: 27:Robert Laurie 23: 19: 419: 412: 387: 366: 353:. Retrieved 342: 331: 322: 276: 269: 223: 216: 199: 190: 181: 168: 145: 129: 94: 55: 32: 31: 18: 461:1796 deaths 456:1732 births 46:antiquarian 440:Categories 422:1788–1796 173:References 304:cite book 251:cite book 105:Haslemere 97:Worcester 58:Beckenham 52:Biography 349:Archived 296:38572362 243:38572362 148:Deepdene 140:Scotland 136:Add. MSS 414:Baronet 386:(ed.). 376::  355:27 June 160:Flaxman 382:". In 294:  284:  241:  231:  207:  152:Surrey 132:Sussex 211:p.148 39: 357:2023 314:link 310:link 292:OCLC 282:ISBN 261:link 257:link 239:OCLC 229:ISBN 205:ISBN 111:and 78:LL.D 74:LL.B 62:Kent 150:in 113:FSA 109:FRS 41:FSA 37:FRS 442:: 347:. 341:. 306:}} 302:{{ 290:. 253:}} 249:{{ 237:. 189:. 166:. 60:, 48:. 359:. 316:) 298:. 263:) 245:.

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Robert Laurie
FRS
FSA
antiquarian
Beckenham
Kent
Leadenhall Street
St. John's College, Cambridge
LL.B
LL.D
Doctors' Commons
admiralty court
Walter Burrell
Worcester
diocese of Rochester
Haslemere
FRS
FSA
South Sea Company
Sophia Raymond
Sir Charles Raymond
Sussex
Add. MSS
Scotland
Deepdene
Surrey
St George's Church, West Grinstead
Flaxman
West Grinstead

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