Philip Burton 1692/3-1727
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Philip BURTON 1692/3-1727
Biographical Note
Son of Philip Burton of London, gentleman. Matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford 1708, but did not graduate; entered Lincoln's Inn, where he became a barrister in 1721.
Books
Burton used an engraved armorial bookplate, describing himself as of the Exchequer Office, Lincoln's Inn (Franks 4566); the extent of his library is not known. His will has no mention of books; after monetary bequests to members of his family, the residue of his estate was left to trustees to sell for the benefit of his mother.
Sources
- Will of Philip Burton, the NationaL Archives PROB 11/615/190.
- Foster, J., Alumni Oxonienses, Oxford, 1891.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.