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Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, ed. L. G. Pine 1965–1972: 18th edition Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Vol. 1 & 2 1965–9, ed. Peter Townend; Vol. 3 1972 (with Index to all three Volumes) ed. Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd: 3 2001–2006: 19th edition
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank but Uninvested with Heritable Honours, 4 volumes (1833–1838) (subsequently published as Burke's Landed Gentry): Vol.1, London, 1836 (archive.org) Vol.2, London, 1835. Vol.2, ("Small Paper Edition"), London, 1837
Burke's Landed Gentry continued to appear at regular intervals throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. A review of the 1952 edition in Time noted: Landed Gentry used to limit itself to owners of domains that could properly be called "stately" (i.e. more than 500 acres or 200 hectares).
Burke's Peerage Limited is a British genealogical publisher, considered an authority on the order of precedence of noble families and information on the lesser nobility of the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1826, when the Anglo-Irish genealogist John Burke began releasing books devoted to the ancestry and heraldry of the peerage , baronetage ...
In 1853 Burke was appointed Ulster King of Arms. [1] In 1854, he was knighted. In 1855, he became Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland. [2] After having devoted his life to genealogical studies he died in Dublin on 12 December 1892. He was succeeded as editor of Burke's Peerage and Landed Gentry by his fourth son, Ashworth Peter Burke. [2]
Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, pp. 1305-6, pedigree of Knight of Wolverley; p. 1306, pedigree of Rouse-Boughton-Knight of Downton Castle
According to the 1925 edition of Burke's Landed Gentry, the earliest mention of the family in current registries is dated 18 January 1559, this being the marriage of Edward Frenche and Jane Bund. At that time the family held the property at Wick that they were still recorded as holding in the twentieth century. [1]
His parents were John Round (died 1887), a barrister, of West Bergholt, Essex, [1] and Laura, the daughter of the poet Horatio Smith (died 1864). His family history appears in Burke's Landed Gentry , a publication he regularly criticised for its inaccuracies, although there is no reason to doubt the accuracy of the entry for his family.