Genealogical memoirs of the family of Robert Burns and of the Scottish house of Burnes

60 GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF
Everitt, is unmarried. Mrs Everitt resides at Bathwick Hill,
Bath.
William Nicol Burns, third son of the poet, was born at
Ellislancl on the 9th April 1791 ; he was named in honour of
his father's friend, William Nicol, of Edinburgh. Educated
at Dumfries Academy, he in his sixteenth year sailed to India
as a midshipman. Not long afterwards he obtained an Indian
cadetship. Proceeding to the Madras Presidency, he there
served as an officer of the 7th Native I uf an try for tliirty-
three years. He ultimately commanded his regiment. In
1843 he retired from the army, and returning to Britain
settled at Cheltenham with his brother, James Glencairn,
then Major Burns. In 1855 he became colonel by brevet.
He died at Cheltenham on the 21st February 1872, aged
eighty-one. His remains were deposited in the vault of the
poet's mausoleum. He married in 1822 Catherine Adelaide,
daughter of Richard Crone, of Summer Hill, Dublin, who died,
without issue, at Killudghee, in India, on the 29th June 1841.
James Glencairn Burns, the poet's fourth son, was born at
Dumfries on the 12th August 1794, and was named after his
father's friend, James, Earl of Glencairn. He was educated at
Dumfries Academy and Christ's Hospital, London. Obtain-
ing a cadetship, he sailed for India in June 1811. Arriving
at Calcutta, he there joined the 15th Begiment of Bengal
Native Infantry. In 1817 he was appointed by the Marquis
of Hastings, Governor-General, to an important post in the
Commissariat. As Captain Burns, he visited Britain in
1831, returning to India in 1833, when he received from
Lord Metcalfe the important office of Judge and Collector
of Cachar. In 1839 he finally returned to Britain with the
rank of major. For several years he resided near London.