William Burnett ( 1688 - 1729 )

Birth: The Hague, Netherlands (16 February 1688) Death: Boston, Massachusetts (07 September 1729) Education: Trinity College, Cambridge; MA (1702); Leyden Career: Had a post in the Revenue; lost money in the South Sea Bubble; Governor of New York and New Jersey (1720); transferred against his will to be Governor of Massachusetts (1728) and of New Hampshire (1729), where he quarrelled with the assembly who refused him a fixed salary Membership: Fellow Election Date: 13/02/1706 Council: 1715-1716.