Family
He married several times, once to Lady Margaret Kennedy, daughter of John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis. His sons included William Burnet and Gilbert Burnet. His daughter Elizabeth married Richard West a distinguished lawyer who became Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and was the mother of Richard West the younger, the poet and friend of Thomas Gray.
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We never saw him before! He wants our Mary Lou!
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