William Nichol Burns

(1791-1872)

LBT ID: WiBurns1872	B/BAP: 1791-04-09 DIED: 1872-02-21
SOURCES: James Gibson, The Bibliography of Robert Burns (1881) 324
The second son of the poet who served as a lieutenant-colonel in the East India Company.
REFERENCES TO William Nichol Burns: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 10: Robert Burns Found 1: ¶ 4