Paternal Family Tree: Burdett
Before 11th January 1640 [his father] Francis Burdett 2nd Baronet [aged 32] and [his mother] Elizabeth Walter were married.
On 11th January 1640 Robert Burdett 3rd Baronet was born to Francis Burdett 2nd Baronet [aged 32] and Elizabeth Walter.
In 1647 [his grandfather] Thomas Burdett 1st Baronet [aged 61] died. He was buried at Repton, Derbyshire [Map]. His son [his father] Francis [aged 39] succeeded 2nd Baronet Burdett of Bramcote in Warwickshire.
In 1666 Robert Burdett 3rd Baronet [aged 25] and Mary Pigot were married. They had one son and one daughter.
In 1668 [his wife] Mary Pigot died.
In 1676 Robert Burdett 3rd Baronet [aged 35] and Magdalen Aston were married. They had four sons and four daughters.
In 1679 Robert Burdett 3rd Baronet [aged 38] was elected MP Warwickshire.
In 1689 Robert Burdett 3rd Baronet [aged 48] was elected MP Lichfield which seat he held until he retired in 1698.
On 25th June 1689 [his son] Robert Burdett was born to Robert Burdett 3rd Baronet [aged 49] and [his wife] Magdalen Aston. He married before 2nd January 1716 Elizabeth Tracy, daughter of William Tracy 4th Viscount Tracy and Frances Devereux, and had issue.
In 1694 [his wife] Magdalen Aston died.
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After 1694 Robert Burdett 3rd Baronet [aged 53] and Mary Brome Lady Burdett were married.
In 1696 [his father] Francis Burdett 2nd Baronet [aged 88] died. His son Robert [aged 55] succeeded 3rd Baronet Burdett of Bramcote in Warwickshire. [his wife] Mary Brome Lady Burdett by marriage Lady Burdett of Bramcote in Warwickshire.
On 28th January 1697 John Fenwick 3rd Baronet [aged 52] was beheaded. He was buried at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. Baronet Fenwick of Fenwick in Northumberland extinct. He was the last person to be executed under an Act of Attainder.
Robert Burdett 3rd Baronet [aged 57] had spoken against the attainder in Parliament.
Before 2nd January 1716 [his son] Robert Burdett [aged 26] and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Tracy [aged 35] were married.
On 2nd January 1716 [his son] Robert Burdett [aged 26] died.
On 18th January 1716 Robert Burdett 3rd Baronet [aged 76] died. His grandson Robert succeeded 4th Baronet Burdett of Bramcote in Warwickshire. The title had originally been claimed by Walter, younger brother of Robert Burdett 3rd Baronet. However, Elizabeth Tracy [aged 35], wife of Robert Burdett 3rd Baronet's son Robert, who had died sixteen days before his father, subsequently gave birth to a son who became the 4th Baronet.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Burdett
Grandfather: Thomas Burdett 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Wilson
father: Francis Burdett 2nd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Francis
Grandmother: Jane Francis
mother: Elizabeth Walter