Sir William Burrell was born at Leadenhall Street, London on 10th October 1732, he was educated at Westminster School and St John's at Cambridge where in 1755 he took the LL.B degree and five years later he received his doctor's diploma. At this time he was recognized by the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries and elected a Fellow of both. At the age of forty William Burrell married Miss Sophia Raymond daughter of Sir Charles Raymond the wealthy Essex squire and subsequently inherited the baronetcy in 1789. Ill health dogged William Burrell's later life and in 1790 he retired to his country house at Deepdene near Dorking, in Surrey. He died on 20th January 1796. In his will Burrell bequeathed fifteen folio volumes of manuscript notes on Sussex, and eight large volumes of several hundred water-colour drawings by Samuel Heironymus Grimm and James Lambert to the trustees of the British Museum where they remain to this day.
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| 1. Sir William Burrell, 2nd Baronet Raymond, of Valentine House, Essex, F.R.S., F.S.A. was the son of Peter Burrell, merchant and MP, of Langley Park, Kent and Amy Burrell [Raymond]. He was born 10th Oct 1732 at Leadenhall Street, London; christened 24th Oct 1732 at St. Peter-le-Poor, Cornhill, London; died 20th Jan 1796 at Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey, aged 63 years; buried after 20th Jan 1796 at West Grinstead Lodge, Horsham, Sussex | |||
| He married Sophia Raymond on 13th Apr 1773. She was born c 1750, daughter of Sir Charles Raymond and Sarah Webster; died 20th Jun 1802 at West Cowes, Isle of Wight. They had the following children: | |||
| i | Sir Charles Merrik who was born 24th May 1774 at Golden Square, London; died 4th Jan 1862 West Grinstead, Sussex, aged 87 years | ||
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