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 BURTON 439 BURTON (in Ireland) i.e. "Baron Perceval of Burton, co. Cork," [I.] (Perceval), cr. 17 15, see "Egmont," Earldom of [I.], cr. 1733. BURTON (co. Lincoln) See "MoNsoN of Burton, co. Lincoln," Barony (Monson), cr. 1728. See "Oxenbridge of Burton, co. Lincoln," Viscountcy (Monson), cr. 1886. BURTON OF RANGEMORE AND BURTON-ON- TRENT, also BURTON OF BURTON -ON - TRENT AND OF RANGEMORE BARONY. I. Michael Arthur Bass, s. and h. of Michael Thomas B., of Rangemore (many years M.P. for Derby I. 1886. and head of the brewery (") at Burton-on-Trent, who i. 29 Apr. 1884, aged 84), by Eliza Jane, da. of Major Samuel Arden, of Longcroft's Hall, co. Stafford, was ^. 12 Nov. 1837, at Burton-on-Trent. Ed. at Harrow, and at Trin. Coll., Cambridge; B.A. 1859; M.A. 1863. He was M.P. (Liberal) for Stafford 1865-68; for East Staffordshire 1868-85; and for the Burton Division of co. Stafford 1885-86. He was, v.p., cr. a Baronet, 17 May 1882, with a spec, rem., failing heirs male of his body, to his br. Hamar Alfred Bass. Director of the extensive brewery company of "Bass and Co." On 13 Aug. 1886, he was cr. BARON BURTON OF RANGEMORE AND OF BURTON- ON-TRENT, both in CO. Stafford. He, having no male issue, was cr., 29 Nov. 1897, BARON BURTON OF BURTON-ON-TRENT AND OF RANGEMORE, both co. Stafford, with a spec. rem. of that dignity, failing heirs male of his body, to his only da., "Nellie Lisa Baillie, wife of James Evan Bruce Baillie, of Dochfour, co. Inverness." K.C.V.O. II Oct. 1904. He m., 28 Oct. 1869, Harriet Georgiana, da. of Edward Thornwill, of Dove Cliff, co. Stafford. He d., after an operation on the kidneys, at Chesterfield House, Mayfair, i, and was bur. 5 Feb. 1909, at Rangemore, aged 7i.(*') Will dat. 30 Jan. 1908 to 30 Jan. 1909, pr. 15 Mar. (*) Founded in 1777 by William Bass, who d. 1787, aged 69, and was sue. by his s. Michael Thomas Bass, who d. 1827, aged 66, being grandfather of Lord Burton. C*) He was for many years a Liberal, and was raised to the Peerage on the recom- mendation of Gladstone, but he declined to follow that statesman in giving way to the Irish demand for Home Rule, and the growing hostility of the Liberal party to the trade in which he was concerned helped to drive him into the opposite political camp; latterly he was an active supporter of Tariff Reform, The Times notice of