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Born at [[place of birth::Grantham]], younger son of Sir [[family::William Bury]] of [[location::Linwood, Lincolnshire]]. BA [[education::Lincoln College, Oxford]] 1668; admitted at [[organisations::Gray's Inn]] the same year ([[occupation::barrister]], 1676. He developed a legal career in [[location::Lincoln]], where he became [[occupation::counsel]] for the city in 1681, and [[occupation::recorder]] in 1700. The following year he resigned that post to become a [[occupation::judge]] in [[location::London]], as a [[occupation::Baron of the Exchequer]]; he was then knighted. He became [[occupation::Chief Baron of the Exchequer|Chief Baron]] in 1716. He was elected a fellow of the [[organisations::Royal Society]] in 1718. | Born at [[place of birth::Grantham]], younger son of Sir [[family::William Bury]] of [[location::Linwood, Lincolnshire]]. BA [[education::Lincoln College, Oxford]] 1668; admitted at [[organisations::Gray's Inn]] the same year ([[occupation::barrister]], 1676. He developed a legal career in [[location::Lincoln]], where he became [[occupation::counsel]] for the city in 1681, and [[occupation::recorder]] in 1700. The following year he resigned that post to become a [[occupation::judge]] in [[location::London]], as a [[occupation::Baron of the Exchequer]]; he was then knighted. He became [[occupation::Chief Baron of the Exchequer|Chief Baron]] in 1716. He was elected a fellow of the [[organisations::Royal Society]] in 1718. | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:32, 12 May 2021
Sir Thomas BURY 1652-1722
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Biographical Note
Born at Grantham, younger son of Sir William Bury of Linwood, Lincolnshire. BA Lincoln College, Oxford 1668; admitted at Gray's Inn the same year (barrister, 1676. He developed a legal career in Lincoln, where he became counsel for the city in 1681, and recorder in 1700. The following year he resigned that post to become a judge in London, as a Baron of the Exchequer; he was then knighted. He became Chief Baron in 1716. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1718.
Books
Bury used an engraved armorial bookplate, dated 1703 (Franks 4584/*403). The extent and disposition of his library are not known. He was unmarried and in his will, his estate was variously divided between his brother, nephews and nieces; all the residue of the estate went to his brother Gilbert.
Sources
- Will of Sir Thomas Bury, The National Archives PROB 11/585/93.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.
- Handley, Stuart. "Bury, Sir Thomas (bap. 1652, d. 1722), judge." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.