Background
He was the son of Peter Robert Drummond Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby (died 1865) and Sarah Clementina, née Drummond (died 1865).
He was the son of Peter Robert Drummond Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby (died 1865) and Sarah Clementina, née Drummond (died 1865).
On his father"s death in 1865, he succeeded him as Baron Willoughby de Eresby, Baron Gwydyr, Baronet Burrell of Knipp and Joint (1/2) Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain. The Joint Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlainship was split equally between the two sisters, so either of them held one quarter of lieutenant The Gwydyr barony was inherited by a cousin.