Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

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