About George Burnett
Lived 1822 – 1890 (aged 67–68). George Burnett was a British judge, genealogist and historian.
George Burnett, LLD, WS (9 March 1822 – 1890) was a Scottish officer of arms who was Lord Lyon King of Arms from 1866 until his death in 1890.
Life He was born on 9 March 1822, the second son of John Burnett, 5th Laird of Kemnay in Aberdeenshire. He trained as a lawyer (normal for the Lord Lyon) and in 1860 appears as an advocate in Edinburgh living at 21 Ainslie Place on the Moray Estate. He was appointed Lord Lyon King of Arms in 1866 and served in that post until his death in 1890, being known in this period as George Burnett, Lord Lyon.
A son was the politician John George Burnett.
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British officer of arms
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George Burnett was born in 1822.
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