Background
Born in London, he was the son of Peter Burrell and his wife Amy Raymond, daughter of Hugh Raymond.
Born in London, he was the son of Peter Burrell and his wife Amy Raymond, daughter of Hugh Raymond.
Burrell was educated at Street John"s College, Cambridge, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1745 and then with a Master of Arts.
In 1749, he was called to the bar by Lincoln"s Inn. In 1752, he was invested as a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1769, he was appointed Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown. Their second daughter Isabella (1750–1812) married Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley, and was ancestor to the Dukes of Northumberland.
Their fourth daughter, Elizabeth, married firstly Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton and secondly Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter.
There was no issue from either marriage.
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Burrell sat as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) in the British House of Commons for Launceston from 1759 to 1768 and subsequently for Totnes to 1774.