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The current Chief of the Name and Arms of Burnett, James C. A. Burnett, Baron of Leys and Kilduthie, arranged with the National Trust for Scotland for a room on the top floor of Crathes Castle to display items of interest for members of the Burnett family worldwide including armorial bearings. [29]
John James Burnet was born in Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, on 31 May 1857.He was the youngest of the three sons of the architect John Burnet and his wife, Elizabeth Hay Bennet.
Sir Thomas Burnett was one of the tribunal established to sit on 2 April in Greyfriars Church there and on following days, to force 'malignants' to subscribe to the Covenant under pain of confiscation of their goods. Viscount Aboyne's part of the Covenanting army then encamped at Muchalls and ransacked Burnett's property, despite his protestations.
Burnett is a Scottish surname. ... Henry John Burnett (1942–1963), last man to be hanged in Scotland; Henry Lawrence Burnett (1838–1916), American lawyer, ...
He was the fourth son of Alexander Burnett of Leys by his wife Katherine, daughter of Alexander Gordon of Lesmoir, and younger brother of Sir Thomas Burnett, 1st Baronet. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Crimond studied for seven years in France, and was admitted a Scottish advocate on 20 February 1617.
Portrait of Gilbert Burnett, Bishop of Salisbury, painted in the style of Pieter Borsseler. Burnet was born at Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1643, the son of Robert Burnet, Lord Crimond, a Royalist and Episcopalian lawyer, who became a judge of the Court of Session, and of his second wife Rachel Johnston, daughter of James Johnston, and sister of Archibald Johnston of Warristoun, a leader of the ...
John Burnet (27 September 1814 – 15 January 1901) was a Scottish architect who lived and practised in Glasgow.He was born the son of militia officer and trained initially as a carpenter, before becoming a Clerk of Works.
John George Burnett, OBE (30 March 1876 – 20 January 1962) was Unionist MP for Aberdeen North from 1931 to 1935, defeating William Wedgwood Benn at the 1931 general election. [ 1 ] The son of Dr George Burnett , sometime Lord Lyon King of Arms , he was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond and Magdalen College, Oxford . he was subsequently ...