BURTON, William (?1695-1781), of Ashwell and North Luffenham, Rutland.

Burton, whose father had bought Ashwell in 1690, purchased North Luffenham from the 4th Earl of Gainsborough in 1729.VCH Rutland, ii. 109, 199. Successful for Rutland as a Whig at a by-election in 1730, he seconded the Address on 21 Jan. 1731,HMC Carlisle, 80. and on 16 Mar. 1732 supported a motion that a qualification in the public funds might be as valid as a landed qualification.HMC Egmont Diary, i. 240. He did not stand in 1734. Three years later, Walpole gave him a place on the excise board, which he held until ill-health forced him to retire in 1776. He died 30 Jan. 1781.Gent. Mag. 1781, p. 94.