Burnell-Nugent is a compound surname formed from combining Burnell and Nugent, arising from the 1905 marriage of Frank Burnell-Nugent (né Nugent) and Ellen Burnell.
Frank Burnell-Nugent was the son of Albert Llewellyn Nugent, 3rd Baron Nugent, whose father, Walter, had been created a Baron of Austria in 1859.
[1] Walter Nugent was a descendant of the Barons Delvin, later created Earls of Westmeath.
[2] Notable people with the surname include: