Robert Burnaby
(1828-1878)
Canadian politician
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Robert Burnaby (November 30, 1828 – January 10, 1878) was an English merchant, politician and civil servant in British Columbia, where he served as Private Secretary to Richard Clement Moody, the founder and first Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. Moody named Burnaby Lake, in British Columbia, after Burnaby, and the city of Burnaby was subsequently named after Burnaby, as were at least ten other urban and geographical features, including a mountain, Robert Burnaby Park, a Haida Gwaii Island, and a street in Vancouver.
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30 November 1828 Woodthorpe, Leicestershire
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| Died |
10 January 1878 (aged 49) Woodthorpe, Leicestershire
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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