Daniel Burgess

Daniel Burgess (1645–1713) was an English Presbyterian minister.

Life Daniel Burgess was born at Staines, Middlesex, in 1645.

His father was Daniel Burgess, who, after holding the livings of Staines and of Sutton Magna, Wiltshire, was appointed rector of Collingbourn Ducis, Wiltshire, through the influence of his brother Isaac Burgess, High Sheriff of the county. He was ejected from the rectory in 1662, and was probably the author of the sermon on Eccl. xii. 1, mentioned by Watts and Allibone.

Burgess was placed under Richard Busby at Westminster School in 1654, and entered commoner of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, in 1660. He studied hard, but did not graduate, declining to conform. The statement that he took orders at Oxford needs confirmation; deacon's orders he may have had, but more probably only the license of a presbytery.

Leaving the university, he acted as domestic chaplain to Foyl of Chute, Wiltshire, and afterwards to Smith of Tedworth.

In 1667, Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, lord president of Munster, took him to Ireland. He remained there for seven years. The Characters of a Godly Man, 1691 The Blessed God