Yes, the Burtons were an interesting family with strong Irish antecedents as well. Burton, a Victorian policeman and contemporary of Robert O'Hara Burke, is buried in St. Kilda cemetery. Like Burke, he also served in the Austrian Army before emigrating to Australia.
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Octavius skinner burton was my great grandfathers brother,they lived in Beaumaris, Anglesey Wales. his father was Francis Pierpoint Burton
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Yes, the Burtons were an interesting family with strong Irish antecedents as well. Burton, a Victorian policeman and contemporary of Robert O'Hara Burke, is buried in St. Kilda cemetery. Like Burke, he also served in the Austrian Army before emigrating to Australia.
Andrew