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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]
Bryan Burnett was the Co-host of Scottish Passport, which started in 1994. In 1998 Burnett came up with the idea for the show, in which contestants would use their knowledge of world geography when answering questions to win prizes. [1] [2]
Sir John James Burnet FRSE FRIBA RSA RA (31 May 1857 [1] – 2 July 1938) was a Scottish Edwardian architect who was noted for a number of prominent buildings in Glasgow and London. He was the son of the architect John Burnet , and later went into partnership with his father, joining an architectural firm which would become an influential force ...
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 .
Sir Thomas was a Commissioner to the Scottish Parliament for Kincardineshire between 1689 and 1707. In 1689 he subscribed to the Act declaratory of the legality of the Meeting of Estates summoned by the Prince of Orange, and was a signatory to the letter of congratulation him as King William II.
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.
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.
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]