Edwyn Sherard Burnaby
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and Conservative Party
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Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Leicestershire North
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from 1880 until his death. He served in the Crimean War
Crimean War
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He was the son of Edwyn Burnaby and Anne Caroline Salisbury
Anne Caroline Salisbury
Anne Caroline Salisbury was the wife of Edwyn Burnaby, and mother of Edwyn Sherard Burnaby and Caroline Louisa Burnaby. She is a great grandmother of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother and great great grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II....
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