Sir Thomas Burnett

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Sir Thomas Burnett (Burnet)

Birthdate:
Death: January 08, 1753 (58-59)
Immediate Family:

Son of Rt Rev Gilbert Burnett, Bishop of Salisbury and Maria Scott
Brother of William Burnet, FRS; Gilbert Burnett; Mary Mitchell and Elizabeth West

Occupation: Judge
Managed by: James Comyn Amherst Burnett of Leys
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About Sir Thomas Burnett

Educated at Merton College, Oxford

Employed in the Diplomatic Service and was Consul in Lisbon from 1719 to 1728.

Judge in the Court of Common Pleas from 1741

Knighted in 1745

Unmarried

With his brother Gilbert, published his father's "History of My Own Time" after his death.

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