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76 BURFORD — BURGH. 6. 25 April 1814, and, having under the will of her step-grandmother (ex jmrlc maternd) Harnett, Duchess of St. Albans (previously 2d wife and reliet of the said Thomas C'outts) »i<e. on her death to considerable property, took by Royal lie. 14 Sep. 1S37, the name of Couttt after that of Burdett, and was, .0 Juno 1871, or. BABONESS BURDETT-COUTTS OF HIGHGATE AND BR00KF1ELD, both co. Mid*., with rem. of that Barony to the heivs male of her body. By the death of her only W. Col. Sir Robert Burdett, Bart., who d. num. 7 June I860, she became coheir to h L . r parents. She HI. 12 Feb. 1881, at Christ Church, Down street, Piccadilly, Mid*., William Lehmau Ashmead Bitrdett-Covtts-Barti.ktt, afterwards Bu»dett-Coi;tts- Bartlett-Coutts, who on the 1st inst. had taken the name of Huntrtt-Coutts before his patronymic of Burtlctt, and who on 25 July foil wing assumed the final name of Coutts in pursuance of the will, d.-it. II March 1837, of Harriett, Duchess of St. Albans, relict of Thomas Coutts aboveuamed. He is one of the sons of Ellis Bartlett, of Plymouth, and was ed. at Keble Coll., Oxford : Exhibitioner, 1871 : B.A., 1875 ; M.A. 1SS0. She is principal partner in the house of " Coutts & Co.," Bankers, and is well-known for her munificent and extensive charities. BURFOBD {i.e. Barresore) in Connaught. See "Carrixgton of Burford, in Connanght," Visxountcy l.o: 1643 ; ex. 1706. BURGH. Barony by J. "William de Burgh was sum. to Pail, as a Baron wrlt - (LORD BUKOH) by writs 10 Dee. (1827) 1 Ed. 111. to 15 June I 13°7 (1328) 2 Ed. III. but never afterwards. He was probably the same ' person as William de Burgh, 5th s. of lliehard (dk BcnOH] 2d E.ua to or Ulster [I.] by Margaret, da. of John DK Burgh, which William 1328. is said to have if. s.p. shyrtly after 1337. BURGH, BOURGH, OR BOROUGH DE OAYNESBORO'. Barony by 1. Tno.MAS Burgh, or Borough, of Gainsborough, en. Writ. Lincoln, s. and h. of Sir Thomas B. of the same, by Elizabeth, da. and T 1 4-S7 coheir of Sir Henry Perct(") of Athole, was by Richard III. cr, J*c/. K G aljout U83 ^ by Henry ylr gum tQ p arf M a ]Jaron (LORD BURGH) by writs, 1 Sep. 1487 to 14 Oct. 149S, directed " Tlwmcc Burgh." He m. Margaret, widow of Sir ThomaB Botreaux, da. of Thomas (Roos), Lord Roos, by Eleanor, da. of Richard (Beauchamf), Earl of Warwick. He d. 1496, and was bur. at Gainsborough. Will dat. 18 Feb. 1495/6, pr. 19 May 1496. II. 1196. ~. Edward (BuRon), Lord Burgu, s. and h.. who, being " distracted of memorie," was never sum. to Pari. He m. Anne Dow. Baroness Moi;sTjOY,( b ) da. and h. of Sir Thomas Cobham, of Sterborougli, Kent, by Ann (widow of Aubrey de Verb), da. of. Humphry (Stafford), Duke or BUCKINGHAM. III. 1520 ? 3. Thomas (Burgh), Lord Burgh, s. and h. who was sum. to Pari. 3 Nov. 1529 to I March (1551/2) 6 Ed. VI., some few years, apparently, after his death. On 2 Dec. (1529) 21 Hen. VIII. he was admitted into the House as " Lord Borough de Gaynesboro," while another writ, 31 Hen. VllL, ( a ) He was 8. of Sir Thomas Percy (2d s. of Henrv, 1st Earl of Northumberland) by Elizabeth, da. and coheir (b. 13G1 ) of David (Strabolgi) Lord .Strabolgi [E.j, and Ear! of Athole [S.]. See vol. i, p. 182, note " d." By this alliance the manor of Gainsborough, which belonged to the Strabolgi family, came into that of Burgh. ( b ) She had been affianced to Edward (Blount), 2d Baron Mouutjoy (1474), who rf. young 1475 and is spoken of in the will, pr. 31 Oct. 1480, of Ann, Duchess of Buckingham (w)io had m. lor her 2d husband, Walter, Baron Mountjoy) as "my m [i.e. granddaughter] Montjoy," then in her " nonage." Sec Surrey Arclueologicid Soc. Publications, vol. h, p. 115-194.