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Henry Marley Burton

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Captain Henry Marley Burton FRIBA (1821–1880) was a British architect, who was trained by Decimus Burton and trained Edward John May FRIBA.

Family

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He was the eldest, and illegitimate, son of the gunpowder-manufacturer William Ford Burton (1784 – 1856): who was the eldest son of the pre-eminent London property developer James Burton.[1][2][3][4][5] Henry Marley Burton had one brother who was William Warwick Burton (d. 21 October 1861),[6][7][8] who resided at Lincoln's Inn Fields where he was articled as a solicitor to his uncle Septimus Burton (1794 – 1842). William Warwick Burton had three children: William Edgar Burton, Edmund Burton, and Jessy Burton:[9] each of whom were left property by the will of their uncle Decimus Burton who did not ever marry nor have issue.[6]

Henry Marley Burton was baptized as Henry Marley on 12 December 1821: when he was claimed to be the son of William Marley by Sally Marley, who were neighbours of the Burtons.[6]

Architect

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Henry Marley Burton was trained in the office of his uncle Decimus Burton,[3] whose practice he inherited when Decimus retired, in 1869, after they had trained the architect Edward John May FRIBA.[10][4][5] In 1866, Henry Marley was commissioned by John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton to design a mansion at Coneyborough, after Decimus had designed Bineham in Chailey for Dodson's brother-in-law John George Blencowe.[11] He supervised the construction of additions to the Oriental Club, which were designed by Decimus Burton in 1853, when it eventually commenced in 1871.[12]

Henry Marley's residence was 14 Spring Gardens, St James's.[3] He was also a Captain in the Queen's (Westminster) Rifle Corps.[13] Henry Marley Burton died in 1880.[14] Henry Marley's son Edgar Burton also became an architect.[1] Edgar Burton's daughter, Adelaide Veronica Elizabeth Burton, was abortively married, at St. George's, Hanover Square, to Leopold Albu, of 4 Hamilton Place, Mayfair, who was the brother of Sir George Albu, between 19 August 1901 and 1915.[15]

Further reading

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  • "Dictionary of Scottish Architects, Henry Marley Burton".

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fountain Design of Edgar Burton to commemorate James Burton". Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. ^ "James Burton [Haliburton]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50182. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ a b c "Dictionary of Scottish Architects, Henry Marley Burton". Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  4. ^ a b Arnold, Dana (2002). Reading Architectural History. Routledge. p. 67 in Biographical Dictionary.
  5. ^ a b Burton, Decimus, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  6. ^ a b c "William Ford Burton, Leigh & District Historical Society". 2017.
  7. ^ "No. 22910". The London Gazette. 11 November 1864. p. 5337.
  8. ^ "No. 22908". The London Gazette. 4 November 1864. p. 5231.
  9. ^ "Cause number: 1857 B152: In the Matter of William Edgar Burton, Edmund Burton, and Jessy Burton".
  10. ^ Williams, Guy (1990). Augustus Pugin Versus Decimus Burton: A Victorian Architectural Duel. London: Cassell Publishers Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-304-31561-3.
  11. ^ National Archives: East Sussex. ARCHIVE OF LORD MONK BRETTON OF CONYBORO IN BARCOMBE. Accessed: 18 June 2016.
  12. ^ Baillie FRGS, Alexander (1901). The Oriental Club and Hanover Square. Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 167.
  13. ^ "No. 7736". The Edinburgh Gazette. 12 April 1867. p. 427.
  14. ^ Bridie, Antonia (2001). Dictionary of British Architects, 1834-1914, Vol.2. British Architectural Library, RIBA. p. 699.
  15. ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 66