Background
Burnell was born at Beckenham, then in Kent.
Burnell was born at Beckenham, then in Kent.
He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford, and was a member of the winning Oxford crews in the Boat Races of 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898.
After the war, he rejoined the family firm of stockbrokers in the City. He was Chairman of the Wokingham Rural District Council for 35 years. In 1954 he was awarded the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for public service in Berkshire.
Burnell died at Blewbury, Oxfordshire, at the age of 93 on 3 October 1969.