Alfred Burton

Alfred Burton

Male 1824 - 1907  (82 years)

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  • Name Alfred Burton 
    Born 20 Oct 1824  Langley Grange Farm, Langley, Norfolk Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 24 Oct 1824  St. Michael's, Langley, Norfolk Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 26 Mar 1907  Portland Place, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 30 Mar 1907  Brompton Cemetery, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I01521  Eliots of Port Eliot
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2023 

    Father Thomas Burton,   b. 1785, Wreningham, Norfolk Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1867, Chedgrave, Norfolk Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Alice Maria Hardy,   b. 1782, Norwich, Norfolk Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1874, Chapel Field, Norwich Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Family ID F00468  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Long-time personal friend and doctor to the family of Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl St. Germans, and Lady Jemima Cornwallis.

      --- 1841 census for Langley Grange Farm shows only Alice (aged 55, listed as Farmer) with Thomas (25), William (17), Emily (25), Harriet (19) and Ann (12).
      * Father was a farmer.

      --- Morning Post, 29 Apr 1907, page 2:
      MR ALFRED BURTON, surgeon, of Park-place, St. James, and late of Dover-street, died on March 26, leaving a fortune of £52,108. He gave £2,000 each to his brothers Thomas and Henry, £1,500 to his brother William, £2,500 to his sister Harriet Elizabeth Ansted, £1,500 to his sister Emily Maria Leeds, £500 and the income from £10,000 to his sister Ann Mary Burton, £2,000 to his nephew Edward Ansted, £2,000 to the children of his brother Henry, £2,500 to his niece Mary Ansted, £1,500 to the children of his brother Thomas, and the residue to his nephew Alfred John Ansted.

      ("Clifton Society" 04 Apr 1907, page 6)
      The funeral of Dr. Alfred Burton, Park-place, St. James's, took place on Saturday. The first part of the service was performed at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, and the interment at Brompton Cemetery. Among those who attended were the Earl and Countess of St. Germans, Lord Eliot, the Hon. John Eliot, the Dowager Countess of Bessborough, Lady May Ponsonby, the Countess of Bessborough, Lady Oranmore and Browne, Viscount Downe, the Hon. Henry and Mrs. Molyneux, the Hon. Mrs. Charles Eliot and the Misses Blanche and Evelyn Eliot, the Hon. Arthur Ponsonby, the Hon. Walter Ponsonby, Major Speed, Mr. Montague Guest, Mr. J. Congreve, Mr. and Mrs. Ansted and Mr. Alfred Ansted (nephew), Miss Burton (sister), Miss Ellen Young, Miss J. Ross, Miss Whatman, and Mr. Bryce Pearce. The service was conducted by Canon Edgar Sheppard, Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal.