The Lord Gwydyr | |
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Born | 26 October 1841 |
Died | 14 February 1915 |
Nationality | English |
Occupation | Captain, Rifle Brigade |
Known for | Fellow, Royal Geographical Society |
Willoughby Merrik Campbell Burrell, 5th Baron Gwydyr, FRGS (26 October 1841 – 14 February 1915) was a British Army officer and peer.
Burrell was the son of Peter Robert Burrell, 4th Baron Gwydyr and Sophia Campbell. He had only one sibling, Hon. Cicely Burrell (born 1858), a half-sister, from his father's second marriage. On 3 April 1909, Burrell succeeded has father and became the 5th Baron Gwydyr, of Gwydyr, County Carnarvon [G.B., 1796].
He was a Captain in the Rifle Brigade and Honorary Colonel in the 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
He married on 4 September 1873 Mary Banks (d. 26 June 1898), and they had three children: