The Life of Samuel Johnson - James Boswell [743]
Burgoyne, John (1722–92), army officer, politician and playwright; captured Valencia de Alcantara across the border in Spain in the campaign in Portugal (1762); MP for Midhurst, Sussex (1761); MP for Preston (1768); supported North’s repression of the American colonies; head of the Canadian army overwhelmed at Bemis Heights; defeated at Saratoga; author of the play The Maid of Oaks (1774): 716
Burke, Edmund (1729–97); statesman, orator and aesthetician; intellectual leader of the Rockinghamite Whigs, and powerful denouncer of British policy towards the American colonies; one of the managers in the impeachment of Warren Hastings; member of the Club, and regarded by S.J. as a formidable conversational adversary: 52, 167, 184, 219 n. d, 238, 244, 248, 251, 252, 269, 306, 309, 329, 333, 356, 378, 379, 387, 397, 400;,420;,448, 455, 504, 542, 551, 561, 562, 564 and n. a, 565, 596, 613, 624, 627and n.a, 648–52, 656, 657, 664, 688, 691 and n. a, 697–98, 727, 733, 744, 757, 769, 772, 773, 774, 777, 778, 796, 804, 807, 808, 810, 818, 820, 857, 860, 879, 885, 892, 916,918, 931,942, 953,972 n. a, 992, 999
Burke, Richard (1758–94), son of the statesman: 252, 883–4, 948,968
Burlamaqui, Jean Jacques (1694–1748), jurist and theoretician of natural law: 495
Burlington, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of (1695–1753), Pope’s friend; architect, collector, and patron of the arts: 711
Burnet, Gilbert (1643–1715), bishop of Salisbury and historian; fellow of the Royal Society (1664); minister of parish of Saltoun (1665); author of A Memorial of Divers Grievances and Abuses in this Church (1665), History of the Reformation (1679 onwards), An Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England (1699) and The History of his Own Time (1715), memoirs particularly disliked by Swift; friends with William and Mary of Orange while in exile; chaplain to the Prince of Orange (1688); bishop of Salisbury (1689–1702); attacked by anti-trinitarians: 373, 627,936
Burnett, James, see Monboddo, Lord
Burney, Dr Charles (1726–1814), musician and author; member of S.J.’s Literary Club; scored songs for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1763); author of A General History of Music (4 vols., 1776–89), for which S.J., a close friend, provided the preface; planned to write biography of S.J., until he learned of rival projects; contributor to the Monthly Review: 9, 28 n. b, 44 n. a, 124, 156, 174, 176, 211, 252, 261, 289, 480–81, 662, 721–2, 816–18, 838–9, 964, 974, 985, 989 n. a
Burney Jr, Dr Charles, (1757–1817), schoolmaster and book collector; son of Charles senior; headmaster of private school in Chiswick; fellow of Royal Society (1802); rector of Cliffe-at-Hoo, Kent (1812); chaplain to the King (1810); professor of ancient literature at the Royal Academy (181 o); editor of the London Magazine; author of Philemnos lexicon technologikon (1812) and Remarks on the Greek Verses of Milton (1790); amassed library of over 13, 000 printed books: 979, 1000 n. c
Burney, Frances (Madame D’Arblay) (1752–1840), writer; daughter of Charles; earned fame through the novels Evelina (1778), Cecilia (1782) and Camilla (1796); second keeper of the robes to Queen Charlotte; occasional playwright; posthumous publication of her journal in instalments secured her standing: 752, 885, 915, 964 and n. a, 982
Burney, Mrs (Esther Sleepe) (1723?-62), first wife of Dr Charles Burney: 176
Burney, Mrs (Mrs Elizabeth Allen, nee Allen) (c.1728–96), second wife of Dr Burney: 258 n. a, 878, 963
Burney, Richard Thomas (1768–1808), youngest son of Dr Burney: 722
Burrowes, Revd Robert (/Z.1787): 980 and n. a
Burrows, Dr John (1733–86), rector of St Clement Danes: 728
Burt, Miss: 507
Burton, Dr John (1696–1771), theologian and classical scholar: 617 n. a
Burton, Robert (1577–1640), writer; author of the Anatomy of Melancholy (1621); book collector; had largely fallen out of favour in the eighteenth century until S.J.’s interest: 39, 323, 500, 747
Bute, James Stuart, 3rd Earl of (1713–92), prime minister; formed alliance with Pitt in opposition to the Fox-Newcastle connection;