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It remains uncertain if the name of Burnett is of Saxon or Norman origins. It has been suggested that the name Burnett is derived from the Old French burnete, brunette, which is a diminutive of brun meaning "brown", "dark brown". Another proposed origin of the name is from burnete, a high quality wool cloth originally dyed to a dark brown ...
Burnett is a Scottish surname. ... Another proposed origin of the name is from burnete, ... House of Burnett; Brown (surname), ...
The Burnett Baronetcy, of Selborne House in the County Borough of Croydon, [1] was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 17 October 1913 for Sir David Burnett, Lord Mayor of London between 1912 and 1913. As of 2010 the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2002.
It also offers editorial commentary on the political system in prewar Europe that Burnett feels bears some responsibility for the war, and some pointed social commentary . Burnett wrote a 1922 sequel to The Head of the House of Coombe , Robin [2] , which completes the story of Robin, Lord Coombe, Donal and Feather.
BTW, the Ross Herald, Charles J. Burnett, who in an article published in 2000 refers to this family as the House of Burnett and James C.A. Burnett as the current head of the House. As for the use of the word house for a noble family, another source is J.H. Stevenson, Heraldry in Scotland , Vol. II (Glasgow: J. MacLeahose & Sons, 1914), passim .
In Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire III p. 99 Gibbon made reference to Burnet's De Statu Mortuorum et Resurgentium noting that Burnet "exposes the inconveniences which must arise", if souls "possess a more active and sensible existence".
In The Origin and Progress of Language, originally published in six volumes from 1774 to 1792, Burnett analysed the structure of languages and argued that humans had evolved language skills in response to changing environments and social structures. Burnett was the first to note that some languages create lengthy words for rather simple ...
Tom Burnett (Flight 93 passenger) (1963–2001), passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93, and victim of the attacks on September 11 Tom L. Burnett (born 1954), politician in the Montana House of Representatives