Edwyn Burnaby (politician)

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Edwyn Burnaby
Edwyn Sherard Burnaby by Roger Fenton (1855)
Born
Edwyn Sherard Burnaby

(1830-05-22)22 May 1830
Died31 May 1883(1883-05-31) (aged 53)
Brighton, Sussex, England
EducationEton College
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Louisa Julia Mary Dixie
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(m. 1864)​
Parents
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
UnitGrenadier Guards
Battles/warsCrimean War

Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (22 May 1830 – 31 May 1883) was a

major-general[1] and Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicestershire North from 1880 until his death.[2] He served in the Crimean War.[1]

Biography

The son of

brigadier-general of the British Italian Legion from 1855 to 1857.[3]

Burnaby was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 1st Leicestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1878.[4]

He inherited Baggrave Hall, Leicestershire on the death of his father in 1867. In 1880 he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for North Leicestershire together with Lord John Manners.

He married Louisa Julia Mary Dixie (1843-1881) on 29 August 1864 at

Frederick Gustavus Burnaby and a great-uncle of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother through his sister Louisa Cavendish-Bentinck.[6]

He died on 31 May 1883 in Brighton aged 53.

References

  1. ^ a b Gentleman's Magazine, September 1867, p. 398
  2. ISBN 0-900178-27-2
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  3. ^ "Burnaby, Edwyn Sherard (1830-1883) Major General MP". Yourarchives. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  4. ^ 4th Bn Leicester Regt at Regiments.org
  5. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  6. ^ "Person Page".

External links

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Leicestershire North
1880–1883
With: Lord John Manners 		Succeeded by


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