John Burland (judge)

Sir John Burland (1724–1776), DCL was an 18th-century lawyer, judge and one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer.

Sir John Burland was born at Wells in Somerset on 10 July 1724, the eldest surviving son of John Burland of Steyning, Somerset, (1696–1746) and his wife Elizabeth née Morris.

[1] Burland was called to the bar in January 1746 and rapidly developed a successful practice.

He left one son, John Berkeley Burland, who became MP for Totnes in 1802.

Sir John died suddenly in 1776 and is buried in the South Choir Aisle of Westminster Abbey.