Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Baronet, of Bramcote

Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Baronet (3 August 1585 ca. 1647)[2] was an English Sheriff and baronet.

Arms of Burdett of Bramcote: Azure, two bars or[1] (arms of their ancestor Sir William Burdet (died pre-1309) of Lowesby in Leicestershire)

Burdett was born on 3 August 1585, the son of Robert Burdett and Mary Wilson. He married Jane Francis, daughter of William Francis and Elizabeth Francis, in 1602. He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford on 6 May 1603. He held the office of High Sheriff of Derbyshire from 1610 to 1611. He was created 1st Baronet Burdett, of Bramcote, Warwickshire on 25 February 1619.

Burdett died aged 61 circa 1647. He was buried at Repton, Derbyshire. His will was probated on 22 May 1647. His son Francis (10 September 1608 - 30 December 1696) inherited the baronetcy.

References

thepeerage.com/p18899.htm#i18892

  1. Daniel Lysons and Samuel Lysons, 'General history: Baronets', in Magna Britannia: Volume 5, Derbyshire (London, 1817), pp. lxiii-lxxv
  2. "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 26 October 2009.
Baronetage of England
New creation Baronet
(of Bramcote)
1619–1647
Succeeded by
Francis Burdett
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