20 March 1745
(baptised) to 1815
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1745
Robert Burnett, the son of Robert Burnett and
James (nee Simson) Burnett (BUR00016), was baptised
on 20 March 1745 at Bourtie, Aberdeenshire (Scotland Births and Baptisms).
1770
It has been interpreted that Robert Burnett
married Anne Lunan in 1770. This needs further work.
1807 to
1815
There was a Captain Robert Burnett who served in
the First Battalion of the 40th Regiment of Foot during the
Peninsular War. It seems unlikely this was him.
There was a Private Robert Burnett who served
in Captain Benjamin Lutyen’s Troop of 11th
Regiment of Light Dragoons at the Battle of Waterloo. Whilst it is tempting to
interpret this as our Robert Burnett, he would have been 70 years old by then
if we have identified him with his correct baptism date, so it is difficult to
imagine him charging into Napoleon’s defensive lines. There is a suggestion
that Robert Burnett died in the Ardennes in France in 1815, which would suggest
he died at Waterloo. This is very uncertain.