Authorised form of name | Burnes; Sir; Alexander (1805 - 1841) |
Dates | 1805 - 1841 |
Date of birth | 16 May 1805 |
Place of death | Kabul |
Date of death | 02 November 1841 |
Activity | Career: Joined Bombay Native Infantry (1821); Assistant Quater Master-General of Army, India, Headquarters Bombay, (1828); lost his life in Kabul tragedy, murdered by Afghan mob, with annihilation of a force of between twelve and fifteen thousand men of Indian Army, including camp followers. Freemason, initiated, 1828, Benevolent Lodge No 480, formerly No 746, Kira [Guzerat], Bombay, India Honours: Kt 1839 |
Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 10/04/1834 |
Relationships | Brother of James Burnes FRS (1835); younger brother Lieutenant Charles Burnes, also a Freemason, killed in the same tragedy at Kabul |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1842 No 55 pp 413-414 References: R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 1. 1731-1847' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 307-332 Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 'Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' 2010 pages 12-13 |
Code | NA2528 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1834/11 | Burnes, Sir Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
NLB/16/357 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to R F Gould, Fair View, Kingfield, Woking | 22 March 1898 |
NLB/16/219 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to R F Gould, Fair View, Kingfield, Woking | 24 February 1898 |
IM/000677 | Burnes, Sir Alexander | nd |