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BURTON. from April, 1826, until Jan. 1835, of the and  Revenue-cruizers; and at length, on 7 of the latter month, having been 12 years a Mate, was promoted, for good conduct and active service, to his present rank. Since 11 June, 1835, Lieut. Burt has been in command of a station in the Coast Guard.

He married, 19 Aug. 1830, Grace, daughter of the late John Macalister, Esq., of Balnakill House, co. Argyll, and by that lady has issue four children. Agemts – Messrs. Ommanney.

 BURTON. 

, born 25 Dec. 1818, is son of Capt. Thos. Burton, R.N. (1810), who died early in 1843, by Catharine Jones Crutchley, grand-daughter of the late Evan Jones, Esq.; and nephew of

This officer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1831, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 24, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge, with whom he sailed for the East Indies, and there attained the rating of Midshipman, 24 March, 1834. In April, 1835, he joined the 50, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, in the Mediterranean. He passed his examination 29 Jan. 1838; and on the night of 12 April following, a few weeks after he had been lent, as Mate, to the 10, Lieut.-Commander Hon. Graham Hay St. Vincent De Ros Kinnaird, was wrecked on a reef of rocks off Cape Bon, near Tunis. He then returned to the Barham; removed, in March, 1839, to the 50, fitting for the flag of Sir Thos. Harvey, Commander-in-Chief in North America and the West Indies; and, on 13 Nov. 1841, was promoted to be Lieutenant and Acting-Commander of the 30, depot at the Havana for liberated African slaves. His appointments have since been – 18 June, 1842, to the 16, Capt. Wallace Houstoun, in which vessel he returned home and was paid off 9 May, 1843 – 21 June, 1843, to the  gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – and, 20 Jan. 1845, to the 50, bearing the flag at present of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen on the North America and West India station.

Lieut. Burton married, 4 Feb. 1845, Helen Maria, eldest daughter of Orlando Orlebar, Esq., Lieut. R.N., grand-daughter of the late Admiral Aplin, and niece of the present  – J. Woodhead.

 BURTON. 

is third and eldest surviving son of the late John Burton, Esq., who for many years held responsible appointments in the Government departments of the Navy; younger brother of Lieut. John Burton, R.M., who was drowned at the Nore, while belonging to the frigate, about 1795, and of the late Capt. Thos. Burton, R.N.; elder brother of Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Moulden Burton, at present commanding a battalion of Royal Marines in Ireland; uncle of ; and brother-in-law both of the late Lieut.-Colonel Long, R.M., and of Rear-Admiral Sir Sam. Warren, K.C.B., K.C.H., who died 15 Oct. 1839.

This officer entered the Navy, 10 Feb. 1797, as a Boy, on board the 74, Lieut.-Commander James, lying at Chatham, and, on removing to the  74, Capts. Sir Wm. Geo. Fairfax and Sam. Hood, was present in an action between the British and Spanish squadrons in Aix Roads, 2 July, 1799, and, as Midshipman, in Sir Jas. Saumarez’ battles of 6 and 12 July, 1801. He afterwards became attached to the 18, Capt. R. J. Neve,  36, Capt. John Wm. Taylor Dixon, and 74, Capt. Geo. Hope, on the Home station; and on 20 Feb. 1805, was promoted into the 74, bearing the broad pendant in the Leeward Islands of Commodore Sir Sam. Hood. Joining next, 20 March, 1805, the 18, Capts. Thos. Orde, Jas. Ayscough, Thos. John Cochrane, Fras. Aug. Collier, Hugh Cameron, and Wm. Baterson, we find him, as Senior-Lieutenant of that sloop, commanding her boats at the cutting out several vessels from under the batteries at Guadeloupe. On 18 April, 1808, Mr. Burton was removed to the temporary command of the 14, in which he captured two French privateers. From Dec. following until March, 1810, he next served under Sir Alex. Cochrane in the 98, and  74, and during that period he assisted on shore at the reduction ot Martinique and Guadeloupe, was also present at the surrender of the Saintes, witnessed the capture ol the French 74-gun ship D’Haupoult, and was at the destruction of the two 44-gun frigates Loire and Seine, in L’Ance la Barque. His subsequent appointments, as Lieutenant, were – 18 March, 1810, to the acting-command of the Wanderer, of 18 guns 11 May and 20 July following, to the Neptune and 38, both flag-ships of Sir A. Cochrane – 21 Oct. in the same year, to the command, pro tem., of the  18, all likewise in the West Indies – 21 April, 1812, to the  80, Capt. Hen. Lidgbird Ball, in the North Sea – 7 and 28 June, 1813, to the Sceptre and Marlborough 74’s, Capt. Robt. Honyman, on the North American station – and, 14 Jan. 1814, to the 80, Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir A. Cochrane, for his services as First-Lieutenant of which ship at the taking of Washington he was promoted, 5 Oct. ensuing, to the command of the  16, which he brought home and paid off 27 Aug. 1815. His next appointment was, on 2 Oct. 1843, to the 72, guard-ship at Chatham, where he served until advanced to his present rank, 9 Nov. 1846.

Capt. Burton received the approval of the Admiralty, and was presented, in the session of 1823-4, with the large silver medal of the “Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce,” for his improved method of fitting anchor-stoppers. He is married, and has issue.

 BURTON, K.H.

, born in 1795, is son of the late Bishop of Killala, a collateral descendant of Fras. Pierpont Burton, first Lord Conyngham; and cousin of the late Admiral Sir Robt. Otway, Bart., G.C.B.

This officer entered the Navy, 12 May, 1806, as a Volunteer, on board the, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Woodger, lying at Portsmouth, and, from Oct. following until Dec. 1812, served with Capt. Chas. Malcolm in the and  frigates, the last four years as Midshipman and Master’s Mate. While so attached we find him, in 1809, conveying to the West Indies the timely intelligence of the French fleet having left Brest, and assisting at the capture of the Saintes; next, on his return to the British Channel, contributing to the capture of four French privateers, carrying in the whole 58 guns and 310 men; and finally, while in active co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, receiving a desperate gun-shot wound in the left side in an attack on the town of Castro, 12 July, 1812, owing to which misfortune he was obliged to invalid and remain for several months at Plymouth Hospital. His promotion to the rank of Lieutenant taking place 15 Feb. 1813, he joined, in that capacity, on 22 July following, the 22, Capt. Rich. Plummer Davies, with whom he continued to serve, off Lisbon and Cadiz, and in the Mediterranean and Adriatic, until paid off in Feb. 1816. He was then appointed to the 74, Capt. John Coode, one of Lord Exmouth’s fleet at the subsequent bombardment of Algiers, where he volunteered the command of No. 191 gun-boat for the purpose of destroying the shipping inside the Mole; and, in Sept. 1817, he again invalided from the effects of his former wound. From 5 Aug. 1818, until discharged, 14 June, 1819, Mr. Burton next served, as Flag-Lieutenant to his relative Rear-Admiral Otway, in the 74, on the Leith