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Authorised form of nameBurroughs; Sir; William (- 1829)
Dates - 1829
NationalityBritish
OccupationBarrister
ActivityCareer:
Advocate General of Bengal (until ca 1804)
Honours:
Bt 1804
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election24/04/1817
RelationshipsSon of Rev Lewis Burroughs Archdeacon of Derry and his wife Mary, daughter of Richard Cane of Larabrian, Kildare; married Letitia, daughter of William Newburgh of Ballyhaise and Drumcarn, Cavan; no surviving children
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
CodeNA3443
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1817/01Burroughs, Sir William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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