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Sir Francis Burdett

Sir Francis Burdett, Bt
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Born Francis Burdett
(1770-01-25)25 January 1770
Foremarke Hall, Wiltshire
Died 23 January 1844(1844-01-23) (aged 73)
25 St James's Place, London, England
Residence Foremarke Hall
Nationality English
Education Eton and Oxford
Occupation Politician
Employer Parliament, Westminster
Known for electoral reform; political and social Radical
Title baronetcy
Political party Radical, Tory
Spouse(s) Sophia Coutts
Children daughter, Angela Burdett-Coutts
Parent(s) Francis Burdett and his wife Eleanor
Relatives Henry Coutts of Coutts, the bankers

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet (25 January 1770 – 23 January 1844) was an English reformist politician, the son of Francis Burdett and his wife Eleanor, daughter of William Jones of Ramsbury manor, Wiltshire, and grandson of Sir Robert Burdett, Bart. From 1820 until his death he lived at 25 St James's Place.

Sir Francis Burdett (5th Bart.) was a member of the Burdett family of Bramcote and inherited the family baronetcy from his grandfather Sir Robert Burdett in 1797.

He was educated at Westminster School and the University of Oxford. When young, he was for a long time the notorious lover of Lady Oxford (according to the journal of Thomas Raikes), and afterwards travelled in France and Switzerland. He was in Paris during the earlier days of the French Revolution.

Returning to England in 1793, he married Sophia Coutts, the second daughter of the wealthy banker Thomas Coutts. She brought him the large fortune of £25,000. Their youngest daughter – Angela Burdett-Coutts – ultimately inherited the Coutts fortune and became a well-known philanthropist.

In 1796, he became Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge, having purchased this seat from the representatives of the Duke of Newcastle, and in 1797 succeeded his grandfather as 5th Baronet.


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