Sir Henry Burdett KCVO KCB 1847-1920

[Fredbloggs]

I am the great-nephew of the above gentleman who was my grandfather's (father's father's) older brother but who was hardly ever spoken about in our family. I understand he had several children and would really like to get to know more about my missing cousins. Please message me if you have, or know of, any connection

[AMBLY]

Hi Fredbloggs


Welcome to Rootschat 

We could probably find quite a bit for you on this chappie - but first, what do you already have - census, names of his children, their marriages & children etc.... etc etc so we don't spend time chasing what you already know...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Burdett
"Sir Henry Burdett (1847–1920) was son of the Reverend Halford Burdett, a Leicestershire clergyman, and his wife Alsina...."

Cheers
AMBLY

[stanmapstone]

On the 5th August 1875 he married Helen Shute (d. 1919), the daughter of Gay Shute FRCS, with whom he had four sons and two daughters. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Stan

[stanmapstone]

Children in the censuses are
Alsina H.M. Burdett 1877
Halford G Burdett 1878
Olive Burdett 1880
Frances H Burdett 1882
Osbert H Burdett 1886

One living son missing.

Stan

[Fredbloggs]

Hi Fredbloggs


Welcome to Rootschat 

We could probably find quite a bit for you on this chappie - but first, what do you already have - census, names of his children, their marriages & children etc.... etc etc so we don't spend time chasing what you already know...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Burdett
"Sir Henry Burdett (1847–1920) was son of the Reverend Halford Burdett, a Leicestershire clergyman, and his wife Alsina...."

Cheers
AMBLY

Thanks so much for your swift response. As you see I am new to RootsChat and indeed have only recently begun to research my ancestry in earnest - in fact, since my father Noel Henry Burdett died and I discovered that most of what he would have had us believe about our origins was fantasy ...
So please forgive me if I make the occasional wrong move here at this early stage! I really only know what you quote here from Wikipedia about Sir Henry Burdett, even after a recent visit to the College of Arms in London. Even the details of his children given by stanmapstone here are new to me. I would like to follow them up - can you advise how best to do this? Many thanks

[stanmapstone]

You could use http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ to find the marriages of the children, and possibly their children. For example Halford Gay Burdett was married in the Jun ¼ 1902 Paddington District to probably Helena Georgina  Jewesbury

Stan

[GrahamSimons]

With luck your local library will have a copy of Who Was Who covering the relevant years. People listed in Who's Who were migrated to Who Was Who after their death.

Worth trying to get hold of The Times Archive, again with luck through your local library, and searching to see if you can find an obituary.

As Stan notes, he's also in the DNB, which again you'll be able to get to via your library. He was quite some man, the biography is impressive. The DNB gives some leads to finding his papers in some archives.

[Fredbloggs]

Thank you all very much for your help. I have quite a lot of work to be getting on with & will report back in due course.

[stanmapstone]

There is an obituary in The Times but it is of no use, in fact it says that he only had two sons and two daughters !!!
The Times, Friday, Apr 30, 1920; pg. 9; Issue 42398; col B
Stan