Daniel Higford Davall Burr
| Daniel Higford Davall Burr MP JP DL |
|
|---|---|
| A stone grave memorial reading "IN MEMORIAM / DANIEL HIGFORD DAVALL BURR / DIED 29TH NOVEMBER 1885 / AGED 74"
Burr's grave at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermaston
|
|
| Born | Daniel Higford Davall Burr |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Aldermaston, Berkshire |
| Resting place | Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermaston |
| Residence | Aldermaston Court |
| Occupation | Member of Parliament |
| Title | Lord of the Manor of Aldermaston |
| Term | 1849–1885 |
| Predecessor | Daniel Higford Davall Burr |
| Spouse(s) | Anne-Margaretta Scobell |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Daniel Burr and Mary Davis |
| Relatives | James Davis (maternal grandfather) Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk (maternal great-grandfather) |
Daniel Higford Davall Burr JP DL (24 March 1811 – 29 November 1885) was a British Member of Parliament and Justice of the Peace.[1]
Biography
Burr was born to Daniel Burr (a lieutenant colonel with the East India Company) and Mary Davis. His maternal grandfather was James Davis. His maternal lineage also included Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk.[1]
On 1 February 1836, Burr's mother died[1] and he inherited the estate of Alvington, Gloucestershire.[2] The following year, he became Conservative Member of Parliament for Hereford, a position he held for four years.[1]
In 1849, Burr purchased Aldermaston Court, a country estate in Aldermaston, Berkshire, that had been destroyed by fire six years previously.[3] He commissioned Philip Charles Hardwick to build a neoclassical mansion. Burr was an eccentric, and owned monkeys and snakes. His monkey was known to climb the maypole on the village green.[4]
In 1851, Burr became High Sheriff of Berkshire.[1]
Personal life
Burr married Anne-Margaretta Scobell, an amateur watercolour artist, on 18 September 1839 at St Marylebone Parish Church.[5] They had three sons – Higford (born 20 July 1840), Edward (born 25 September 1842), and James-Scudamore (born 15 January 1854).[1]
Burr died on 29 November 1885. The Aldermaston estate was occupied by his son Higford for a short while, before he sold it to Charles Edward Keyser in 1893.
Burr's family's coat of arms included a golden rampant lion, with a crest enscribed with "Ternate" – the Indonesian Maluku Island captured by his father in 1801.[1][6] The family's motto was versus veras honos – literally "virtue, truth, honour".[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Further reading
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Hereford 1837–1841 With: Edward Clive |
Succeeded by Edward Clive Henry William Hobhouse |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by
Robert Allfrey
|
High Sheriff of Berkshire 1851 |
Succeeded by John Samuel Bowles |
- Use British English from August 2011
- Use dmy dates from August 2011
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles with hCards
- 1811 births
- 1885 deaths
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- High Sheriffs of Berkshire
- People from Aldermaston
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1837–41
