Sir Cecil Dennistoun Burney, 3rd Baronet (8 January 1923 – 19 April 2002) was a British businessman and politician in Zambia (1959-1970), having emigrated in 1951 but returning to Britain in 1970.
[2] He was educated at Eton College and then joined the Royal Navy in 1942, serving as a radar officer in the Arctic convoys.
[2] After leaving university, Burney moved to Northern Rhodesia to work for Anglo American in the Nchanga Mines in 1948.
He was re-elected to the Legislative Council, which became the National Assembly upon independence later in the year, and chaired the Public Accounts Committee.
[2] After giving up his chairmanship of Northern Motors in 1972, he became chair of the Hampton Trust property firm in 1975, later working with Michael Ashcroft.