Peter Burrell (1724–1775)

Peter Burrell FRS (27 August 1724 – 6 November 1775)[1] was a British politician and barrister.

[2] His uncle was Sir Merrick Burrell, 1st Baronet and his younger brother Sir William Burrell, 2nd Baronet.

[3] Burrell sat as Member of Parliament (MP) in the British House of Commons for Launceston from 1759 to 1768[1] and subsequently for Totnes to 1774.

[4] In 1752, he was invested as a Fellow of the Royal Society, and, in 1769, he was appointed Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown.

[6] They had four daughters and a son, Peter, the later Baron Gwydyr.