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  • Alexander Burnard, 1st Laird of Leys (1270 - 1348)
    alt dates 1274-1829=------------------=Alexander is thought o have been the son of Roger Burnard of Farringdoun. Nothing is known about his ancestry or early life but it would appear that he provided l...
  • Eric Mountjoy Burnard (1893 - 1915)
    2/Lieutenant in CIR, file number 6/1085. Son of Thomas James and Sarah Louisa Burnard, of Dunedin, New Zealand== Sources ==# New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: / Ref 5.4.2021
  • Robert Burnet / Burnett / Burnard (1375 - d.)
    Deputy Sheriff of Kincardine in 1391
  • Symond Burnard, 2nd Laird of Leys (1325 - 1400)
    There are records which suggest that Symon was involved in commerce and shipping in the town of Aberdeen.
  • William Burnard, 3rd Laird (1350 - 1400)
    There are records which suggest that Symon was involved in commerce and shipping in the town of Aberdeen.

About the Burnard surname

From Stirnet's "Burnett01" page: "This family was in England before the Conquest and so was probably of Saxon origin. It achieved some importance in Wiltsthire, Bedfordshire, etc.. The first known was ... <Burnard, who was alive in 1086.>"

Also from Stirnet's "Burnett01" page: "The branch of this family that we focus on in this page <Burnard/Burnet/Burnett of Leys> was descended from a descendant of one of the above, possibly the last Roger <a second great grandson of the aforementioned Burnard>, who settled in Scotland in the 12th century. The first on record of this branch was ... <Alexander Burnard, who was alive in 1323.>"

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