BURTON, Charles Edward (son of Rev. Edward Wm. Burton, B. of Rathmichael, co. Dublin). b. Barnton, Cheshire 16 Sep. 1846; assistant in Lord Rosse’s observatory at Parsonstown 1868–9; B.A. Dublin 1868; joined Sicilian expedition to observe total solar eclipse of 22 Dec. 1870; photographer to transit of Venus expedition 1874; worked at observatory of Dunsink near Dublin 1876–8; devised with Howard Grubb the ‘ghost micrometer’ described before Royal Dublin Society 15 Nov. 1880; F.R.A.S. 8 May 1874; author of numerous papers in scientific periodicals. d. Castle Knock church 9 July 1882. Astronomical Register xx, 173–4 (1883).
BURTON, Decimus (10 son of James Burton of London, builder). b. 30 Sep. 1800; architect in London 1821–69; designed the Colosseum in Regent’s Park 1823; carried out Hyde Park Corner improvements where he designed the facade and triumphal arch 1825; designed the Athenæum club 1827; laid out Calverley Park estate at Tunbridge Wells 1828–50; architect to Royal botanic society 1840–70; F.R.S. 6 Dec. 1832, F.R.I.B.A. d. The Cottage, St. Leonard’s-on-Sea 14 Dec. 1881. Proc. of Royal Soc. xxxiv, 8–10 (1883); Builder xli, 779–80 (1881); I.L.N. lxxix, 650 (1881), portrait.
BURTON, Edward Frederick (son of James Burton of London, solicitor who d. 1869). b. 1818; solicitor in London 1843 to death; member of council of Incorporated law society 1865 to death, vice pres. 1876–7, pres. 1877–8; member of judicature acts (legal offices) committee 1877. d. Eastbourne 11 July 1879.
BURTON, James Ryder. b. 1795; entered navy 12 May 1806; captain 23 Feb. 1824; granted good service pension 4 Nov. 1852; admiral on half pay 4 Nov. 1863; K.H. 1 Jany. 1837; invented a method for propelling ships of war during a calm 1819. d. 15 Park sq. east, Regent’s park, London 2 Aug. 1876.
BURTON, John Hill (2 son of Wm. Kinnimont Burton of Aberdeen who d. 1820). b. the Gallowgate, Aberdeen 22 Aug. 1809; ed. at Marischal coll. Aberdeen; called to Scottish bar 1831; contributed articles to Blackwood’s Mag. 1842 to death; sec. to general board of directors of prisons in Scotland 24 July 1854; manager of Perth prison 4 Jany. 1861 to Jany. 1878; historiographer royal of Scotland 1867; author of Law of bankruptcy in Scotland 2 vols. 1845; Life of D. Hume 2 vols. 1846; Lives of Lord Lovat and Duncan Forbes 1847; Narratives from criminal trials in Scotland 2 vols. 1852; History of Scotland 9 vols. 1853–70, 2 ed. 9 vols. 1873; The book hunter 1862, new ed. 1882; History of the reign of Queen Anne 3 vols. 1880; The Scot abroad 2 vols. 1881. d. Morton house, Lothianburn 10 Aug. 1881. The Bookhunter by J. H. Burton (1882) i-civ, portrait; Blackwood’s Mag. cxxx, 401–4 (1881); Graphic xxiv, 269 (1881), portrait.
BURTON, Sir Richard (son of Sir John Burton of Wakefield, Yorkshire). b. Westminster 1773; knighted at St. James’s palace 13 Sep. 1831. d. Sackett’s hill house, Margate 3 Sep. 1855.
BURTON, William Evans (son of Wm. Burton of London, printer 1774–1825). b. London Sep. 1802; ed. at St. Paul’s sch.; acted in Norwich circuit 7 years; first appeared in London at Pavilion theatre Feb. 1831 as Wormwood in The lottery ticket; acted at Haymarket 1833; first appeared in America at Arch st. theatre Philadelphia 3 Sep. 1834 as Doctor Ollapod in The Poor gentleman; lessee and manager of theatres in Philadelphia and Baltimore; leased Palma’s Opera house New York 1848 which he renamed Burton’s Theatre; manager of Metropolitan theatre Broadway which he renamed Burton’s New theatre Sep. 1856–8; wrote several plays best known being Ellen Wareham, a domestic drama, produced May 1833 when it was played at 5 London theatres at same time; edited Cambridge Quarterly Review and Philadelphia Literary Souvenir 1838–40; author of Waggaries and vagaries 1848; Cyclopædia of wit and humour 2 vols. 1857. d. 174 Hudson st. New York 9 Feb. 1860. Ireland’s Records of the New York stage ii, 235–8 (1867); Burton’s Cyclopædia (1857), portrait; T. A. Brown’s American stage (1870) 57, 66, portrait.
BURTON, William Martin. Second lieut. Madras artillery 1798, colonel 26 Feb. 1840 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. d. at his residence near London 13 Aug. 1853.
BURTON, William Paton (son of Wm. Paton Burton, captain Indian army). b. Madras 1828; ed. at Edinburgh; pupil of David Bryce, architect; a water colour painter; exhibited many landscapes at the R.A. and Suffolk st. gallery 1862–80. d. Cults, Aberdeen 31 Dec. 1883.
BURTON-PETERS, Henry. b. 1792; M.P. for Beverley 31 July 1830 to 17 July 1837. d. Bath 24 Nov. 1874.