Sir David Burnett, 1st Bt.
Lord Mayor of London
About Sir David Burnett, 1st Bt.
Lived 1851 – 1930 (aged 78).
Sir David Burnett, 1st Baronet (22 August 1851 – 7 July 1930) was a Lord Mayor of London. Knighted in 1908 and created Baronet Burnett, of Selborne House, in the Borough of Croydon in 1913, he was a surveyor and local politician active in the City of London.
A Fellow of the Surveyors Institute from 1881, he became a member of the Common Council of London representing Candlewick Ward in 1888, rising to be an alderman in 1902. He was Sheriff of the City of London in 1907-08, and Lord Mayor of London in 1912-13.
Family He married Emily Sleap, daughter of Thomas Sleap, on 28 August 1875. The couple had six children.
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Lord Mayor of London (1851-1930)
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Sir David Burnett, 1st Bt. was born on 22 August 1851.
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Sir David Burnett, 1st Bt. died on 7 July 1930.
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