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

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. 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._