James Burton (property developer)
| James Burton (formerly Haliburton) | |
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| Born | 29 July 1761 |
| Died | 31 March 1837 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Property developer, architect |
| Notable work | Bloomsbury, Regent's Park, Russell Square, Bloomsbury Square, , Chester Terrace, Cornwall Terrace, York Terrace, St Leonards-on-Sea |
| Children | 12, 10 of which survived infancy, including James Burton and Decimus Burton |
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| Relatives | Sir Walter Scott, George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, James William Webb-Jones |
James Burton (29 July 1761 – 31 March 1837) was a British property developer, "probably the most significant builder of Georgian London," who built large parts of the Bloomsbury district, Chester Terrace, Cornwall Terrace and York Terrace at Regent's Park, Russell Square and . He also conceived, planned, and developed the town of St Leonards-on-Sea, now part of Hastings. By the time of his death, he had built over 3000 properties and his buildings covered over 250 acres of London.
He was a founding member of the Athenaeum Club, London, as was his son, Decimus. He served as Master of the Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers and Sheriff of Kent.
James Burton was born as James Haliburton on 29 July 1761, son of William Haliburton (1731–1785), a London property developer of Scottish descent, and Mary Johnson (1735–1785), daughter of Nicholas Foster of Kirkby Fleetham, Yorkshire. William Haliburton was the second husband of Mary Foster. They married in 1760. They had two children, James and another who died in infancy.
James was christened 'James Haliburton' at Presbyterian Chapel, Soho, London. He changed his name to Burton in 1794 (following a family dispute), between the birth of his fourth child and the birth of his fifth child.
Burton's father William Haliburton's paternal grandparents were Rev. James Haliburton (1681–1756) and Margaret Eliott, daughter of Sir William Eliott, 2nd Baronet and aunt of George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield. They had 7 daughters and 2 sons, William (father of James), and Andrew. Burton's father William was descended from John Haliburton (1573–1627), from whom Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet could trace his descent on the maternal side. He was a cousin of the American judge and author Thomas Chandler Haliburton and thence the lawyer and anthropologist Robert Grant Haliburton and Arthur Lawrence Haliburton, 1st Baron Haliburton.
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