Burn, Andrew (1742–1814), marine officer and religious writer, was born in Dundee on 8 September 1742, the son of George John Burn and Christian Donie. When business failure induced his father to become a naval purser the sixteen-year-old Andrew accompanied him as an assistant clerk on active service in the ...
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Burn, Andrew (1742–1814), marine officer and religious writer
Richard C. Blake
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Huntington, William (1745–1813), preacher and religious writer
Clare Brant
Huntington, William (1745–1813), preacher and religious writer, was born on 2 February 1745 in a cottage at the Four Wents, on the road between Goudhurst and Cranbrook, Kent, the natural son of Barnabas Russel, farmer, and baptized on 14 November 1750 at Cranbrook church...
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William Huntington (1745–1813) by Domenico Pellegrini, 1803 © National Portrait Gallery, London