Sir James Burnett, 13th Baronet

Sir James Burnett
Sir James Burnett
	Major General Sir James Lauderdale Gilbert Burnett, by John St Helier Lander
Born	1 April 1880
Died	13 August 1953
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	1st Bn Gordon Highlanders; 14th Infantry Brigade; 153rd Infantry Brigade; 8th Infantry Brigade; 51st (Highland) Division
Battles/wars	First World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath; Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George; Distinguished Service Order & Bar

Major-General Sir James Lauderdale Gilbert Burnett of Leys CB, CMG, DSO & Bar (1 April 1880 – 13 August 1953) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Born the son of Colonel Sir Thomas Burnett, 12th Baronet and Mary Elizabeth Cumine[1] and educated at Wellington College,[2] Burnett was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders on 6 December 1899.[3] He was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in March 1915[4] and subsequently commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders and then a brigade during the First World War.[2]

He went on to be commander of 14th Infantry Brigade in January 1927, commander of 153rd Infantry Brigade in January 1928 and commander of 8th Infantry Brigade in March 1930.[5] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 51st (Highland) Division in June 1931 before retiring in June 1935.[5]

He was colonel of the Gordon Highlanders from 1939 to 1948.[6]

He gave Crathes Castle, which had served as the ancestral seat of the Burnetts of Leys, to the National Trust for Scotland in 1951.[7]

Family

In 1913, he married Sybil Crozier Smith;[8] they had two sons and a daughter.[9]

References

Burnett, George (1901). The Family of Burnett of Lys with Collateral Branches (PDF). New Spalding Club. p. 100.
Walford, Edward. The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 194.
"No. 27141". The London Gazette. 5 December 1899. p. 8186.
"No. 12788". The Edinburgh Gazette. 26 March 1915. p. 452.
"Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2020.
"The Gordon Highlanders [UK]". web.archive.org. 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
Black, Jonathan (15 July 2011). The Face of Courage: Eric Kennington, Portraiture and the Second World War. Philip Wilson Publishers. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-85667-705-2.
"Sybil Crozier Smith (d.1960), Wife of Major General Sir James Lauderdale Gilbert Burnett of Leys, 13th Bt". Art UK. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
"Burnett". Genealogy. Retrieved 20 June 2020.

Military offices
Preceded by Sir William Thomson	GOC 51st (Highland) Division 1931–1935	Succeeded by Douglas Brownrigg
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Thomas Burnett	Baronet (of Leys) 1926–1953	Succeeded by Alexander Burnett

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[1] Burnett, George (1901). The Family of Burnett of Lys with Collateral Branches (PDF). New Spalding Club. p. 100.

[walford-2] Walford, Edward. The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 194.

[3] "No. 27141". The London Gazette. 5 December 1899. p. 8186.

[4] "No. 12788". The Edinburgh Gazette. 26 March 1915. p. 452.

[commands-5] "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[6] "The Gordon Highlanders [UK]". web.archive.org. 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2020-03-28.

[7] Black, Jonathan (15 July 2011). The Face of Courage: Eric Kennington, Portraiture and the Second World War. Philip Wilson Publishers. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-85667-705-2.

[8] "Sybil Crozier Smith (d.1960), Wife of Major General Sir James Lauderdale Gilbert Burnett of Leys, 13th Bt". Art UK. Retrieved 20 June 2020.

[9] "Burnett". Genealogy. Retrieved 20 June 2020.