Sir Thomas Burnett, 3rd Baronet
Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys, 3rd Baronet, (ca. 1658 – January 1714),
Career
Sir Thomas was a Commissioner to the
He opposed the proposal of making an addition to the standing army, which parliament adopted; and in the same parliament, during the discussions regarding the colony of New Caledonia in
In May 1701 he was nominated, with others, for a peerage, but the King, being at the time ill, did not sign the patents, which subsequently lapsed. In 1703 Sir Thomas made a protest against the Act allowing the importation of French wines and brandies as "dishonourable to Her Majesty, and inconsistent with the Grand Alliance in which she is engaged." His votes recorded in connexion with the Union are in favour of the first article and of the whole measure as carried.
On 13 February 1707 he was elected as a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain at Westminster, but he seems never to have presented his commission or taken his seat. On 21 May he was appointed a member of the Privy Council of Scotland, and in July appointed to the Scottish Court of Exchequer.
Acrimony
In his private life he was engaged in an unpleasant dispute, from 1695 to 1702, with the Earl of Sutherland regarding the affairs of the Arbuthnot family. The matter became very acrimonious and finally went to the Court of Session, the legal proceedings being reported upon by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall.
Marriage and issue
He married while still under age, in 1677, Margaret (1662–1744), daughter of
Sir Thomas was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son and heir Sir Alexander Burnett, 4th Baronet. Of the other children:
- William of Criggie (now Ecclesgreig) (1683–1747).
- Robert, was made an honorary burgess of Aberdeen on 8 January 1689.
- Thomas (b.1686) was made an honorary burgess of Aberdeen on 8 January 1689.
- John (b. 1688) was made an honorary burgess of Aberdeen on 8 January 1689.
- Charles (b.1691; d.unm.), an advocate.
- Katherine (d.1749), married in 1702 Sir William Seton, 2nd Baronet of Pitmedden, M.P. (bap.6 Mar 1673; d.1744).
- Mary (d.5 Jun 1754), married in 1712 Sir John Carnegie, 2nd Baronet of Pittarrow, (1673–1729).
- Elizabeth (b.1692) married by contract in 1715 George Beattie, merchant in Montrose, Angus.
- Margaret (b.1696) married in 1721 James Ogilvie of Melros, Banffshire.
- Jean (b.1698) married in 1722 George Lauder of Pitscandlie, Sir Robert Lauder of Beilmouth, Knt., M.P. (d.1709)
- Helen (b.1698) married Allardice of that Ilk.
References
- The Baronage of Scotland, by Sir Robert Douglas, et al., Edinburgh, 1798, p. 184 [1].
- The Family of Burnett of Leys, (with collateral branches), by George Burnett, Lord Lyon King of Arms, Aberdeen, 1901, pps: 78 - 86.
- Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, edited by Peter Townend, 105th edition, London, 1970, p. 98.
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