monuments x 2 - Cuckfield Sussex
"Sacred to the memory of Sir William Burrell, bart, LLD, Chancellor of Worcester and Rochester, Member of Parliament for Haslemere, and afterwards Commissioner of the Board of Excise. He was third son of Peter Burrell esqr of Beckenham in Kent and of Amy his wife, daughter of Hugh Raymond esq.
He married Sophia eldest daughter and coheiress of Sir Charles Raymond, bart, by whom he had five sons and two daughters:
Charles Merrik, born May 24th 1774
William Raymond born December 23th 1775; died August 24th 1777
Walter born April 15th 1777
Percy born July 16th 1779
Juliana born August 4th 1782
Peter Algernon born August 4th 1787; died Sept 1787
Elizsbeth Amelia born October 5th 1789
He lived universally respected, giving an example to the world of all that is truly excellent, and departed this life at his seat, the Deepdene, near Dorking in Surry January 20th 1796 aged 63
He was buried in the family vault at West Grinstead in Sussex"
He was born at Leadenhall Street, London on 10th October 1732, and educated at Westminster School and St John's at Cambridge where in 1755 he took the LL.B degree and 5 years later he received his doctor's diploma. At this time he was recognized by the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries and elected a Fellow of both. He was also MP for Hazelmere, Chancellor of Worcester & director of the South Sea company.
At the age of 40 he m 1774 Sophia 1753–1802 a poet & dramatist, heiress daughter of Sir Charles Raymond d1789 of Valentines, & Saling Hall Essex, on by Sarah Webster
Sophia came into possession, it is said, of £100,000 and a baronetcy was granted to her father in the year after her marriage, with remainder to her husband and her male issue by him. Dogged by ill health in his later life, in 1790 he retired to his country house at Deepdene near Dorking
In his will he bequeathed 15 folio volumes of manuscript notes, information and documents on Sussex history, archeology & family history with 8 large volumes of several hundred water-colour drawings by Samuel Heironymus Grimm and James Lambert to the trustees of the British Museum where they remain to this day.
Children
1. Charles Merrik 1774-dsp 1862 of Knepp Castle West Grinstead
2. William died young 1775 - 1777
3. Walter b 1777 knight of the shire for Sussex
4. Percy b 1779, Captain Dragoon Guards, killed at Buenos Aires 1807 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/pti9je4B09
5. Algernon Peter died aged 2 months
6. Juliana b 1782 m 1806 George Henry Crutchley of Sunning Hill Park Berks
7. Elizabeth Amelia b 1789 m 1819 Lt Col T Kenak
Wife Sophia a poet and dramatist wrote 1773 to 1782 vers de société, varied by such heavier matter as Comala, from Ossian, in 1784.. She published 2 volumes of collected poems in 1793, the Thymriad from Xenophon, and Telemachus.
Sophia m2 1797 Rev William Clay son of Richard Augustus Clay of Southwell, Notts. She continued writing and in 1800 l produced 2 tragedies, Maximian & Theodora, dedicated by permission to Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. Lady Burrell and William Clay retired to Cowes, Isle of Wight, where she died on 20 June 1802, aged about 52.
There is a monument to him at West Grinstead flic.kr/p/2eqNj3
- Church of the Holy Trinity , Cuckfield Sussex
Picture with thanks - copyright Basher Eyre CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4785483
monuments x 2 - Cuckfield Sussex
"Sacred to the memory of Sir William Burrell, bart, LLD, Chancellor of Worcester and Rochester, Member of Parliament for Haslemere, and afterwards Commissioner of the Board of Excise. He was third son of Peter Burrell esqr of Beckenham in Kent and of Amy his wife, daughter of Hugh Raymond esq.
He married Sophia eldest daughter and coheiress of Sir Charles Raymond, bart, by whom he had five sons and two daughters:
Charles Merrik, born May 24th 1774
William Raymond born December 23th 1775; died August 24th 1777
Walter born April 15th 1777
Percy born July 16th 1779
Juliana born August 4th 1782
Peter Algernon born August 4th 1787; died Sept 1787
Elizsbeth Amelia born October 5th 1789
He lived universally respected, giving an example to the world of all that is truly excellent, and departed this life at his seat, the Deepdene, near Dorking in Surry January 20th 1796 aged 63
He was buried in the family vault at West Grinstead in Sussex"
He was born at Leadenhall Street, London on 10th October 1732, and educated at Westminster School and St John's at Cambridge where in 1755 he took the LL.B degree and 5 years later he received his doctor's diploma. At this time he was recognized by the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries and elected a Fellow of both. He was also MP for Hazelmere, Chancellor of Worcester & director of the South Sea company.
At the age of 40 he m 1774 Sophia 1753–1802 a poet & dramatist, heiress daughter of Sir Charles Raymond d1789 of Valentines, & Saling Hall Essex, on by Sarah Webster
Sophia came into possession, it is said, of £100,000 and a baronetcy was granted to her father in the year after her marriage, with remainder to her husband and her male issue by him. Dogged by ill health in his later life, in 1790 he retired to his country house at Deepdene near Dorking
In his will he bequeathed 15 folio volumes of manuscript notes, information and documents on Sussex history, archeology & family history with 8 large volumes of several hundred water-colour drawings by Samuel Heironymus Grimm and James Lambert to the trustees of the British Museum where they remain to this day.
Children
1. Charles Merrik 1774-dsp 1862 of Knepp Castle West Grinstead
2. William died young 1775 - 1777
3. Walter b 1777 knight of the shire for Sussex
4. Percy b 1779, Captain Dragoon Guards, killed at Buenos Aires 1807 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/pti9je4B09
5. Algernon Peter died aged 2 months
6. Juliana b 1782 m 1806 George Henry Crutchley of Sunning Hill Park Berks
7. Elizabeth Amelia b 1789 m 1819 Lt Col T Kenak
Wife Sophia a poet and dramatist wrote 1773 to 1782 vers de société, varied by such heavier matter as Comala, from Ossian, in 1784.. She published 2 volumes of collected poems in 1793, the Thymriad from Xenophon, and Telemachus.
Sophia m2 1797 Rev William Clay son of Richard Augustus Clay of Southwell, Notts. She continued writing and in 1800 l produced 2 tragedies, Maximian & Theodora, dedicated by permission to Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. Lady Burrell and William Clay retired to Cowes, Isle of Wight, where she died on 20 June 1802, aged about 52.
There is a monument to him at West Grinstead flic.kr/p/2eqNj3
- Church of the Holy Trinity , Cuckfield Sussex
Picture with thanks - copyright Basher Eyre CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4785483