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Maj. Catesby Burn-Murdoch

Male 1870 - 1927  (56 years)


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  • Name Catesby Burn-Murdoch 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Born 24 Dec 1870  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 22 Mar 1927  Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Siblings 10 Siblings 
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2021 

    Father John Burn-Murdoch
              b. 19 Jun 1821, 48 Frederick Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Sep 1908, Gartincaber, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Dorothea Harriet "Dora" Monck-Mason
              b. Abt 1832
              d. 13 May 1919  (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Married 28 Jun 1851  Kilmadock, Doune, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 has the date as the 11th September 1851

    Wife Agnes Julia Williams
              b. 19 Oct 1890
              d. 1963, Brighton, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 25 Mar 1924  [5] 
    Age at Marriage He was 53, she was 33  
    Children 
     1. Jean Anne Burn-Murdoch
              b. 27 Mar 1925
              d. 1998  (Age 72 years)
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Born 24th of December 1870, to John Burn-Murdoch and Dorothea (née Monck-Mason), their ninth child. Like his brother Alfred, Catesby attended Loretto School from April 1884 to July 1889.

      Career
      Catesby was a tea planter in Ceylon and India and later a rubber planter in the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. He served in the South African War (1900-1902) and was awarded the medal with 4 clasps. Later, he served in the First World War 1914-1919, firstly as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Lovat's Scouts, later as a Major (from December 1915).

      Family life
      Catesby married Agnes Julia Johnson.

      Death
      Catesby died on the 22nd of March 1927 in Brighton.

      Footnotes
      From: O_Unknown_Bios_Burn-Murdoch

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 Dec 1870 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 22 Mar 1927 - Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0258] Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), Catesby Burn-Murdoch; FHL Film Number 6035516, 1870.

    2. [S0119] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar, 1858-1966, 1973-1995, Ancestry, (ancestry.com), Catesby Burn-Murdoch, 1927.

    3. [S0078] Armorial Families (5th Edition), Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Burn-Murdoch; page 190, 1905.

    4. [S0068] Burke's Landed Gentry, 1st Edition Reprint, John Burke and John Bernard Burke, (1849), Burn-Murdoch of Gartincaber; Volume 3, page 240, 1849.

    5. [S0385] Burke's Landed Gentry 19th Edition (Scotland), Ed. Peter Beauclerk Dewar, (Wilmington, Delaware, 2001), Burn-Murdoch; Volume 1; Pages 1061-1063, 2001.