Burton Surname History

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SURNAME MEANING
An English habitational surname from denoting a person from Burton, a place name found mainly in the midland and northern counties of England, such as Burton-upon-Trent in co. Staffordshire and Boreton, in Condover, co. Shropshire. The derivation in most cases is from Old English word burh, meaning “fort” and tūn and “enclosure or settlement”.
EARLY BEARERS
Ioluard in Burhtun - Yorkshire - c. 1150
Gerard de Burton - Warwickshire - 1178
William de Burton - Yorkshire - 1379
Emma de Burton - Yorkshire - 1379
NOBLE TITLES HELD
The Burton Baronetcy of Stockerston in the County of Leicester was created in the Baronetage of England in 1622 for Sir Thomas Burton, son of John Burton of Braunston, who had purchased the Stockerston Hall estate in 1580. He was knighted in Dublin in 1605. He served as High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1633. His son, the second Baronet, served the Royalist cause during the English Civil War and his estate was subsequently sequestered. Following the Restoration his son the third Baronet served as high sheriff in 1682. The baronetcy went extinct upon the death of the 4th Baronet, Sir Charles Burton, in 1750.
The Burton Baronetcy of Pollacton in the County of Carlow was created in the Baronetage of Ireland in 1758 for Sir Charles Burton, Lord Mayor of Dublin. The third and fourth Baronets served as High Sheriffs of County Carlow. The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the latter in 1902.
LANDED GENTRY
Burton of Longner Hall, co. Shropshire, England
Burton of Burton Hall, co. Carlow, Ireland
Burton of Cherry Burton, co. Yorkshire, England
Burton of Somersby, co. Lincolnshire, England
Burton of Carrigaholt Castle, co. Clare, Ireland
NOTABLES
Charlotte E. Burton (1881-1942) was an American silent film actress
Robert Burton (1577-1640) was an English author and fellow of Oxford University, who wrote the encyclopedic tome The Anatomy of Melancholy.
William Burton (1575-1645) was an English antiquarian, best known as the author of the Description of Leicester Shire, the county's first published county history.
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was a British explorer, writer, orientalist scholar, and soldier. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke twenty-nine languages.
William Burton (1609-1657) was an English schoolmaster and antiquary, best known for his posthumously-published commentary on the Antonine Itinerary.
Henry Burton (1578-1648), was an English puritan. Along with John Bastwick and William Prynne, Burton's ears were cut off in 1637 for writing pamphlets attacking the views of Archbishop Laud.
Hezekiah Burton (1632-1681) was an English theologian.
Edward Burton (1794-1836) was an English theologian, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford.
Robert Burton (1747-1825) was an American farmer, Revolutionary War officer, and planter in what is now Vance County, North Carolina. He was a delegate from North Carolina to the Continental Congress in 1787.
James Burton (1745-1825) was an English priest from Northamptonshire. He was a senior canon of Christ Church, Oxford (1793-1825) and chaplain to King George III.
Sir William Westbrooke Burton (1794-1888) was a judge and President of the Legislative Council, New South Wales, Australia.
EARLY SETTLERS
George Burton - Virginia - 1607
Richard Burton - Virginia - 1624
Boniface Burton - Massachusetts - 1632
William Burton - Virginia - 1635
Thomas Burton - South Carolina - 1735
John Burton - Newfoundland - 1706
Daniel Burton - Newfoundland - 1749
Robert Burton Newfoundland - 1749
Benjamin Burton - Newfoundland - 1749
Richard Burton - Newfoundland - 1749