Constituency Dates
Tamworth 12 Dec. 1748 – 1768
Family and Education
b. 28 May 1716, posth. s. and h. of Robert Burdett of Bramcote by Elizabeth, da. of William, 4th Visct. Tracy [I]. educ. Westminster; New Coll. Oxf. 1733. m. (1) 6 Nov. 1739, Elizabeth (d. 24 Aug. 1747), da. of Sir Charles Sedley, 1st Bt., sis. of Sir Charles Sedley, 2nd Bt., 3s. 2da.; (2) 17 July 1753, Lady Caroline Manners, da. of John Manners, M.P., 2nd Duke of Rutland, wid. of Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Bt.. suc. gd.-fa. as 4th Bt. at birth.
Address
Main residences: Bramcote, nr. Nuneaton, Warws.; Foremark, nr. Repton, Derbys.
biography text

Burdett was returned as a Tory for Tamworth in succession to Sir Henry Harpur on the interest of the 2nd Lord Middleton, subsequently marrying Harpur’s widow. He died 13 Feb. 1797.

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