Background
He failed to inherit the hereditary baronetcy, as he died in 1794, before his father did, in 1797. Burdett was born in 1743 and baptised at Foremark, a hamlet near his families ancestral home of Foremarke Hall.
He failed to inherit the hereditary baronetcy, as he died in 1794, before his father did, in 1797. Burdett was born in 1743 and baptised at Foremark, a hamlet near his families ancestral home of Foremarke Hall.
He is the subject of two notable paintings. His mother Elizabeth died when he was young on 24 August 1747 and his father married again. When Burdett came of age his father was having the ancestral home of Foremarke Hall remodelled.
In 1762-1763 Mundy commissioned a set of six portraits.
Each of the subjects was in the distinctive dress of the Markeaton Hunt, consisting of a blue coat over a scarlet waistcoat and yellow breeches. These paintings hung at Mundy"s ancestral home, Markeaton Hall.
Only a year or so later there was another portrait by Francis Cotes. Burdett married Eleanor Jones on 30 December 1766. on 25 January 1770 and William Jones Burdett, who was born ca.
1772. William died on 2 October 1840 after fathering the 6th Baronet.
Burdett was the brother in law of Francis Mundy and a member of the private Markeaton Hunt.