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The Scottish Nation
Burgess


BURGESS, a surname evidently derived frm a citizen of a burgh, possessing all the burgh privileges. The name, however, is more English than Scotch. An ancient family of this surname was long settled in Berkshire, a descendant of which, Sir James Bland Burgess, was created a baronet in 1795.


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