BURROUGHS, Watkins. b. England 1795; Manager of Surrey theatre, London Oct. 1822; stage manager at Astley’s theatre; lessee of Belfast theatre; first appeared in America 1825, at Park theatre, New York as Harry Dornton in The road to ruin; acting and stage manager of Lafayette theatre N.Y.; acted at Philadelphia 1825. d. Liverpool 12 July 1869.
BURROW, Ven. Edward John. Educ. at Magd. coll. Cam., B.A. 1805, M.A. 1808; incorporated M.A. at Trin. coll. Ox. 1820, B.D. and D.D. 1820; P.C. of Bempton, Yorkshire 1810–16; minister of Hampstead chapel near London 1816–23; domestic chaplain to bishop of Winchester 1823–35; principal of College school Mount Radford, Exeter July 1827 to Jany. 1828; civil chaplain of Gibraltar 1835–42; archdeacon of Gibraltar 1842–59; F.R.S. 26 Feb. 1818; author of Elements of conchology 1815, 2 ed. 1818; The Elgin marbles with an account of Athens 1817; A summary of Christian faith and practice 3 vols. 1822; Questions on the memorial scripture copies 1829, 3 ed. 1854. d. Honiton, Devon 8 Aug. 1861. A statement of the manner in which E. J. Burrow became connected with Mount Radford and of his removal 1828.
BURROWES, John Freckleton. b. London 23 April 1787; pupil of William Horsley, organist; organist of St. James’s church, Piccadilly, London about 1815 to death; an original member of Philharmonic Society 1813; author of The pianoforte primer containing the rudiments of music 1818, 48 ed. 1862; Thorough bass primer 1819, 37 ed. 1871; A companion to the thorough bass primer 1832. d. 13 Nottingham place, New road, London 31 March 1852.
BURROWES, Robert. b. Dublin 19 March 1810; sheriff of Cavan 1838; M.P. for co. Cavan 13 April 1855 to 21 March 1857. d. Stradone house, Cavan 30 Nov. 1881.
BURROWS. Sir John Cordy (eld. son of Robert Burrows of Ipswich, silversmith). b. Ipswich 5 Aug. 1813; M.R.C.S. 1836, F.R.C.S. 1852; practised at Brighton 1839 to death; projected Royal literary and scientific institution 1841, secretary 1841–57; mayor of Brighton 1857–9 and 1871–2; knighted at Osborne 5 Feb. 1873; a very great benefactor to town of Brighton. d. 62 Old Steyne, Brighton 25 March 1876. Statue of him in grounds of Royal Pavilion unveiled 14 Feb. 1878. Lancet i, 515, 548 (1876); I.L.N. lxii, 191 (1873), portrait, lxviii, 335 (1876), lxxii, 173 (1878).
BURSLEM, Charles. b. Manchester; a journalist; assistant editor of the North Eastern Daily Gazette some years; author of several serial tales in provincial journals; author of several successful pantomimes and of a farce entitled Third floor lodgers produced at Gaiety theatre West Hartlepool. d. Manchester Jany. 1886 aged 28.
BURSTAL, Edward. b. Devonport 1 Feb. 1818; entered navy Dec. 1832; commander 29 Sep. 1855; assisted in laying down first submarine telegraph cable between Dover and Calais 1852; laid cable from Orfordness to the Hague; secretary to conservators of river Thames 1857 to death; a member of Thames Embankment and other royal commissions; retired captain 29 Sep. 1870; F.R.G.S. 1857. d. Ramsgate 13 July 1886.
BURT, Sir Archibald Paul (2 son of George Henry Burt, speaker of house of assembly St. Christopher, West Indies). b. St. Christopher 1810; barrister M.T. 21 Nov. 1845; attorney general of St. Christopher 1849–60, member of legislative and executive councils, speaker of house of assembly; comr. of civil court in Western Australia July 1860, chief justice there 1861 to death; knighted at Windsor Castle 12 Dec. 1873. d. Strawberry hill, Perth, Western Australia 21 Nov. 1879.
BURTON, Adolphus William Desart. b. 1827; ensign 82 foot 8 Aug. 1845; major 7 dragoon guards 17 Sep. 1857 to 1863; C.B. 5 July 1855. d. Pau 11 Feb. 1882.
BURTON, Rev. Charles (youngest son of Daniel Burton of Rhodes hall, Middleton, Lancs. cotton manufacturer). b. Rhodes hall 18 Jany. 1793; ed. at Univ. of Glasgow and St. John’s coll. Cam., L.L.B. Cam. 1822, B.C.L. and D.C.L. Ox. 1829; Wesleyan minister; built church of All Saints, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester at cost of £18,000, R. of All Saints 1820 to death, greater part of church was destroyed by fire 6 Feb. 1850; F.L.S. for discovering in Anglesea a plant new to science; author of Horæ, Poeticæ 1815; The Bardiad, a poem in two cantos 1823, 2 ed. 1823; Lectures on the Millenium 1841; Lectures on the world before the flood 1844; Lectures on Popery 1851 and about 15 other books. d. Western lodge, Durham 6 Sep. 1866. Evans’s Lancashire authors and orators (1850) 47–51.