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BURTON, William (?1695-1781), of Ashwell and North Luffenham, Rutland.
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Dates
Family and Education
b. ?1695, 1st s. of Bartholomew Burton of Ashwell, receiver-gen. of the excise, by Susanna, da. of George Gregory; bro. of Bartholomew Burton, M.P. educ. M. Temple 1703. m. Apr. 1738, Elizabeth, da. of George Pitt of Strathfieldsaye, Hants, 1da.
Offices Held
Commr. of excise 1737-76.
Biography
Burton, whose father had bought Ashwell in 1690, purchased North Luffenham from the 4th Earl of Gainsborough in 1729.1 Successful for Rutland as a Whig at a by-election in 1730, he seconded the Address on 21 Jan. 1731,2 and on 16 Mar. 1732 supported a motion that a qualification in the public funds might be as valid as a landed qualification.3 He did not stand in 1734. Three years later, Walpole gave him a place on the excise board, which he held until ill-health forced him to retire in 1776. He died 30 Jan. 1781.4