Daniel Burr

Burr was born to Daniel Burr (a lieutenant colonel with the East India Company) and Mary Davis. His maternal grandfather was James Davis. His maternal lineage also included Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk. The following year, he became Conservative Member of Parliament for Hereford, a position he held for four years. He commissioned Philip Charles Hardwick to build a neoclassical mansion. Burr was an eccentric, and owned monkeys and snakes. His monkey was known to climb the maypole on the village green. In 1851, Burr became High Sheriff of Berkshire. ==Landholdings==

In 1883 John Bateman in his digest of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873, The Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland, listed Burr's lands as follows: • Gloucestershire 1,200 acres worth 2,200 guineas per annum; • Berkshire [Aldermaston] 2,778 acres worth 3,054 guineas per annum (with 51 acres in Hampshire worth 37 guineas per annum); • Herefordshire 500 acres worth 750 guineas per annum; • Monmouthshire 6 acres worth 12 guineas per annum. :*Total 4,535 acres, with a rental value of 6,053 guineas per annum. == Personal life ==

Burr married Anne-Margaretta Scobell, an amateur watercolour artist, on 18 September 1839 at St Marylebone Parish Church. They had four sons – Higford (b. 20 July 1840), Edward (b. 25 September 1842), James Scudamore (b. 15 January 1854), The family's motto was versus veras honos – literally "virtue, truth, honour". == References ==