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Charles Burnett (1940– ), a Scottish antiquarian, museum curator, and officer of arms at the Court of the Lord Lyon. [51] In 1983 he was appointed Dingwall Pursuivant of Arms, and from 1988–2010 he served as Ross Herald of Arms. [51] In 2011 he became the Ross Herald of Arms Extraordinary which post he holds currently. [51]
Burnett is a Scottish surname. It is derived from a nickname from the Old French burnete , brunette , which is a diminutive of brun meaning "brown", "dark brown". Another proposed origin of the name is from burnete , a high quality wool cloth originally dyed to a dark brown colour.
Burnett was the son of an Aberdeen merchant, who belonged to the Scottish Episcopal Church. He entered business in 1750, his father having failed shortly before, and made a living in stocking-weaving and salmon-fishing. He and his brother paid off their father's debts, amounting to £7,000 or £8,000.
Burnett was born on 6 November 1940 [1] and educated at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen, and the University of Edinburgh. [2]He worked for a number of museums, including: Letchworth Museum, the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, the Scottish United Services Museum at Edinburgh Castle, and Duff House, Banff [1]
Alexander Burnett, 12th Laird of Leys (died 5 July 1619) was a Scottish landowner.. Burnett was the Laird of Crathes Castle in the late 16th and early 17th century, and is credited for the completion of Crathes in 1596.
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (baptised 25 October 1714 – 26 May 1799) was a Scottish judge, scholar of linguistic evolution, philosopher and deist. He is most famous today as a founder of modern comparative historical linguistics . [ 1 ]
Crimond's issue by his second wife, with three daughters, included Robert (1630–1662), who, admitted to the Scottish bar 1656, died unmarried, Thomas Burnet (1638-1704), physician successively to four English sovereigns, and the noted historian and bishop Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715). [9]
Sir Thomas Burnett, 1st Baronet of Leys (died 27 June 1653) was a feudal baron and leading Covenanter who had represented Kincardineshire in the Scottish Parliament in 1621. Early years [ edit ]