Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Burdett, Sir Francis, Bart.

by Joseph Foster

Burdett, Sir Francis, Bart., s. Francis, of St. George's, Middlesex, arm. (after a baronet). Christ Church, matric. 13 Dec., 1785, aged 15; 5th baronet, M.P., imprisoned in the Tower for a breach of Parliamentary privilege 1810, celebrated for his advocacy of parliamentary reform, died 23 Jan., 1844, father of the Baroness Burdett-Coutts.