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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]
Neolassical, Gothic, Renaissance, Italianate, Scottish Baronial, Greek Revival 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 .
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.
John Burnet (painter) (1781–1868), Scottish engraver and painter; John Burnet (abolitionist) (1789–1862), pastor in Camberwell; John Burnet (architect) (1814–1901), Scottish architect; John James Burnet (1857–1938), architect; John Burnet (classicist) (1863–1928), Scottish classicist who wrote Early Greek Philosophy
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 ]
He was the son of William Burnett of Monboddo, an advocate in Aberdeen, where he was born in 1763. He was admitted advocate at Edinburgh University on 10 December 1785. In 1792 he was appointed advocate-depute, and in October 1803 was made Sheriff of Haddington. In April 1810 he became Judge Admiral of Scotland. He was also for some time ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... John Burnett Pratt (1799–1869) was a Scottish divine and antiquarian. ... ‘Scottish Episcopacy and ...
George Murray Burnett FRSE FRSA FRIC LLD (1921–1980) was a Scottish mathematician and chemist. He served as both Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University from 1974 until 1980. He is largely remembered for his work on polymer reactions.