Whig MP for Westminster (1807-1837) who was imprisoned on political charges in 1810 and again in 1820; in the 1830s he voted with the Conservatives.

CORRESPONDENCE OF Sir Francis Burdett, fifth baronet:

Sir Francis Burdett to Thomas Creevey, 18 August 1802 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Francis Burdett to Samuel Parr, [September 1802] in Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828)

Samuel Parr to Francis Burdett, 26 September 1802 in Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828)

Samuel Parr to Sir Francis Burdett, 31 October [1806] in Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 10 May 1810 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Sir Francis Burdett to Samuel Rogers, 24 March 1812 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)