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b. aft. 1656, 1st s. of Sir Alexander Burnett, 2nd Bt., of Crathes Castle and Leys by Elizabeth, da. of (?William) Coutts of Auchtercoull, Aberdeen. m. 1677, his cos. Margaret (d. 1744), da. of Robert, 2nd Visct. Arbuthnott [S], 9s. (4 d.v.p.) 7da. (?5 o.ch. d.v.p.). suc. fa. as 3rd Bt. by 8 May 1663; uncle to Pittenkeirie and Sauchen, Aberdeen 1691. Fam. of Burnett of Leys (New Spalding Club), 60, 73, 79, 84–85; SRO Indexes, vii. 85; C. Rogers, Fams. of Colt and Coutts, 13; Scots Peerage ed. Paul, i. 308.
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Burgess, Aberdeen 1674; rector, King’s Coll. Aberdeen Univ. 1698–1705. New Spalding Club, Misc. ii. 441; Officers and Graduates of Univ. and King’s Coll. Aberdeen 1495–1860 (New Spalding Club), 12.

MP [S] Kincardineshire 1689–1707.

PC [S] 1690–?1702, 1707–8; commr. reg. clerk [S] 1689–aft. 1690, visitation of schs. and colls. [S] 1690–aft. 1697, justiciary for Highlands [S] 1693, 1697, 1701, 1702, Equivalent [S] 1707–d., exchequer [S] 1707–8. Reg. PC Scotland 1690, pp. 19–20; Fam. of Burnett, 80–81; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 349; 1691–2, p. 167; 1696, p.168; 1697, p. 80; 1700–2, p. 338; 1702–3, p. 353; Luttrell, Brief Relation, ii. 9; APS, ix. 164; Recs. Glasgow Univ. (Maitland Club lxxii), ii. 552; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxiii. 234; xxix. 342; Sir J. Clerk and J. Scrope, Hist. View of Forms and Powers of Ct. of Exchequer in Scotland (1820), 120–3.

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BURNETT, Sir Thomas, 3rd Bt. (aft.1656-1714), of Crathes Castle and Leys, Kincardine.
Main residence: Crathes Castle and Leys, Kincardine.
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D.W.H.
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Commons 1690-1715
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BURNETT, Sir Thomas, 3rd Bt. (aft. 1656-1714)

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