See also
Husband:
Matthew Burchell (c. 1752-1828)
Wife:
Jane Cobb (c. 1754-1841)
Children:
Marriage:
1774
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex
Name:
Matthew Burchell
Sex:
Male
Father:
John Burchell ( - )
Father:
-
Note:
Tomb of Burchell Family including William Burchell, located approximately 2m from the south elevation of All Saints Church, Fulham.
GV II
Chest tomb, mid-C19, Portland stone.
It is surmounted on a moulded base, the tomb itself widens slightly to the rim evoking a vaguely Egyptian form. Beneath the rim is a continuous carved stone band with imitation rivets, and stone floral carvings that resemble latches or clasps securing the lid. These latches appear twice on the long sides and once at the ends. The top is moulded at the edges, the upper slab is very slightly convex so that it reaches a point in the centre. The inscription is on the south side facing away from the church: 'In this tomb / rest the mortal remains of / Matthew Burchell Esq. / of this Parish who died on the 12th of July 1828 / in the 76th year of his age / And of Jane his wife / who died on the 18th January 1841 / Sacred to their revered memory and to their many virtues / filial piety has caused this stone to be inscribed.'
The tomb is located immediately adjacent (west) to the grave of Jane and William Burchell (d.1799 and 1800 respectively). William was Matthew's uncle who took Matthew into the family nursery business in the early-C19.
HISTORY: The tomb commemorates Matthew and Jane Burchell (d.1828 and 1841 respectively) who lived in the parish of Fulham. Matthew Burchell was a botanist and owned Fulham plant nursery until 1813. Their eldest son, William John Burchell, is also buried in the family vault, although there is no inscription to him on the tomb; the parish registers record his burial on 28 March 1863. His sister, Anna, who is also buried in the family tomb, left £200 in her will for the maintenance of the tomb and relief of the poor.
William John Burchell (1781-1863) was an explorer and naturalist. He was a keen botanist and was employed at Kew Gardens, becoming a member of the Linnean Society in 1803, before setting out on his expeditions in 1805. These started in St Helena where he was employed as a schoolmaster to the East India Company and also as the superintendent of the botanic garden; later he became the company's island naturalist. From there Burchell travelled to Cape Town and spent four years collecting specimens. He was asked by the British Government about the suitability of emigration to South Africa following his travels in the 1810s. In 1815 he returned to England with some 63,000 specimens of plants, seeds, insects, fish etc. From 1825-29 Burchell travelled through South America. The last three decades of his life were spent in England cataloguing his collections. Tragically, Burchell committed suicide at the family home, Churchfield House (demolished) in Fulham. His sister, Anna, donated his botanical collections to the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, and the entomological materials to the University of Oxford. Burchell wrote two volumes entitled 'Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa' which are considered to be amongst the best geographies ever written on South Africa.
SOURCES: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
CJ Feret, Fulham Old and New (1900)
All Saints Fulham parish burial registers
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The tomb of Matthew and Jane Burchell, which is also the resting place of their son, William John Burchell, C19 botanist and explorer, is designated for the following principal reasons:
* Special interest for its design and commemoration of a prominent local family:
* Considerable historic interest for the association with William Burchell, the traveller, author and naturalist, who amassed an enormous scientific collection from St Helena, South Africa and South America single-handed, that today is still regarded of exceptional historical value;
* Group value with the Grade II* All Saints Church, several Grade II listed tombs of the Bishops of London, and the Grade II tomb of Granville Sharpe.
Source: English Heritage
http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-506071-tomb-of-burchell-family-including-willia
Birth:
c. 1752
Death:
12 Jul 1828 (age 75-76)
Fulham, Middlesex
Name:
Jane Cobb
Sex:
Female
Father:
Father:
-
Birth:
c. 1754
Death:
18 Jan 1841 (age 86-87)
Fulham, Middlesex
Name:
Mary Burchell
Sex:
Female
Note:
BURCHELL Mary, 6 December 1864. The Will of Mary Burchell late of Churchfield House Fulham in the County of Middlesex Spinster deceased who died 29 January 1864 at Churchfield House aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oath of William Goddard Jackson of Wisbeach in the County of Cambridge Gentleman one of the Executors. Effects under £4,000.
Birth:
1778
Fulham, Middlesex
Baptism:
25 Jun 1778 (age 0)
All Saints, Fulham, Middlesex
Census (1):
1841 (age 62-63)
Living with brother William
Census (2):
1861 (age 82-83)
Living with brother William (unmarried)
Death:
29 Jan 1864 (age 85-86)
Churchfield House, Fulham, Middlesex
Name:
William John Burchell
Sex:
Male
Note:
William John Burchell (23 July 1781 Fulham, London - 23 March 1863 Fulham) was an English explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist and author. Burchell served a botanical apprenticeship at Kew and was elected F.L.S. in 1803. At about this time, he became enamoured of a Miss Lucia Green of Fulham, but faced strong disapproval from his parents when he broached the idea of an engagement. On 7 August 1805 he sailed for St. Helena aboard the East Indiaman "Northumberland" and intended to set up there as a merchant with a partner from London, William Balcombe (1779-1829). A year of trading saw Burchell unhappy with his situation and the partnership was speedily dissolved. Three months later he accepted a position as schoolmaster on the island and later as official botanist.
In 1810 he sailed to the Cape on the recommendation of Gen. J.W. Janssens to explore and to add to his botanical collection. Landing at Table Bay on 26 November 1810, after stormy weather had prevented a landing for 13 days, he set about planning an expedition into the interior, leaving Cape Town in June 1811. Burchell travelled in South Africa until 1815, collecting over 50,000 specimens, and covering over 7000 km, much over unexplored terrain. He described his journey in Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, a two-volume work appearing in 1822 and 1824.
On 25 August 1815 he sailed from Cape Town with 48 crates of specimens aboard the vessel "Kate", arriving back at Fulham on 11 November 1815. He travelled in Brazil between 1825 and 1830, again collecting a large number of specimens, including over 20,000 insects.
His African collections included plants, animal skins, skeletons, insects, seeds, bulbs and fish. After his death by suicide, the bulk of his plant specimens went to Kew and the insects to Oxford University Museum. He is known for the copious and accurate notes he made to accompany every collected specimen, detailing habit and habitat, as well as the numerous drawings and paintings of landscapes, portraits, costumes, people, animals and plants.
Burchell is commemorated in the monotypic plant genus Burchellia R. Br., as well as numerous specific names including Burchell's zebra and Burchell's coucal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Burchell
Birth:
23 Jul 1781
Fulham, Middlesex
Census (1):
1841 (age 59-60)
Independent, Kings Road, Fulham
Census (2):
1861 (age 79-80)
Landed proprietor, Churchfield House, Kings Road, Fulham (unmarried)
Death:
23 Mar 1863 (age 81)
Churchfield House, Fulham, Middlesex
Name:
George Matthew Burchell
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Children:
Birth:
1784
Fulham, Middlesex
Baptism:
25 Aug 1784 (age 0)
All Saints, Fulham, Middlesex
Residence:
Scotsland, Bramley, Surrey
Occupation:
29 Oct 1817 (age 32-33)
Gentleman, Scottsland, Bramley
Death:
1821 (age 36-37)
Hascombe, Surrey
Burial:
16 Apr 1821
St Peter, Hascombe, Surrey (aged 36)
Name:
Caroline Burchell
Sex:
Female
Birth:
17 Sep 1790
Fulham, Middlesex
Baptism:
10 Oct 1790 (age 0)
Fulham, Middlesex
Death:
1824 (age 33-34)
Fulham, Middlesex
Name:
Sarah Burchell
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
John Hunt Butcher (1781-1839)
Children:
Jane Butcher (1813- )
Martha Butcher (1815- )
John Hunt Butcher (1817-1898)
Caroline Butcher ( - )
Edward William Burchell Butcher (1829-1895)
Harriet Butcher ( - )
Note:
Letters of attorney from Sarah Butcher of Lowlands near Richmond in Van Diemens Land [Tasmania, Australia], widow, and John Hunt Butcher late of Lowlands but now of Portland Bay in the Colony of South Australia, esq, Caroline Butcher of Lowlands, spinster, and Edward William Burchell Butcher of Lowlands, esq, three of the children of Sarah by her late husband John Hunt Butcher, to William Leech of Great St Helens in the City of London, merchant, and Charles McLachlan of St Helens Place in the City of London, merchant, to receive the shares of the said children of Sarah Butcher of the legacies under the will of Sarah Butcher (described here as 'of Park Hatch, Surrey')
With witness statement from William Thomas Parramore of Anglewood near Richmond, attested by Joseph Allport, Notary Public of Van Diemens Land
Date: 7 Apr 1851
Object Number: WAMSB_PWD/22/3, Godalming Museum
http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/GetRecord/WAMSB_PWD/22/3
Release and discharge from Sarah Butcher of Richmond in Van Diemans Land [Tasmania, Australia] but temporarily resident at Brompton, Middlesex, widow, and Harriet Butcher, Jane Butcher and Martha Butcher, all of Richmond in van Diemans Land, spinsters, to William Eager, for their legacy paid upon the death of John Hunt Butcher on 20 March 1839
Date: 29 Jul 1842
Object Number: WAMSB_PWD/22/1/5, Godalming Museum
http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/GetRecord/WAMSB_PWD/22/1/5
Birth:
1791
Death:
28 Dec 1872 (age 80-81)
Lowlands, Richmond, Tasmania
Name:
Anna Burchell
Sex:
Female
Note:
BURCHELL Anna, 10 November 1865. The Will with four Codicils of Anna Burchell late of Churchfield House Fulham in the County of Middlesex Spinster deceased who died 2 October 1865 at Churchfield House aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of James Burchell the Younger of Broad Sanctuary Westminster in the County aforesaid Esquire Henry Pawle Ree of Walham Green in the County aforesaid M.D. and Park Nelson of Essex Street Strand in the County aforesaid Gentleman the Executors. Effects under £4,000.
Birth:
23 Dec 1792
Fulham, Middlesex
Baptism:
20 Jan 1793 (age 0)
Fulham, Middlesex
Census:
1861 (age 68-69)
Living with brother William (unmarried)
Death:
2 Oct 1865 (age 72)
Churchfield House, Fulham, Middlesex
Name:
Charles Burchell
Sex:
Male
Birth:
18 Jun 1795
Fulham, Middlesex
Baptism:
12 Jul 1795 (age 0)
All Saints, Fulham, Middlesex
Census:
1841 (age 45-46)
Independent, Broom Lane, Fulham, Middlesex
Death fact:
1843 (age 47-48)
GRO Reference: 1843 M Quarter in KINGSTON Volume 04 Page 141 (aged 48)
Death:
1843 (age 47-48)
Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
Name:
Harriet Burchell
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
c. 1798
Fulham, Middlesex
Census (1):
1851 (age 52-53)
Wife in household
Census (2):
1861 (age 62-63)
Wife in household
Death fact:
1862 (age 63-64)
GRO Reference: 1862 J Quarter in STAMFORD UNION Volume 07A Page 169 (aged 64)
Death:
2 Jun 1862 (age 63-64)
Duddington, Northamptonshire
Name:
James Burchell
Sex:
Male
Birth:
1799
Fulham, Middlesex
Baptism:
3 Jul 1799 (age 0)
Fulham, Middlesex
Tomb of Burchell Family including William Burchell, located approximately 2m from the south elevation of All Saints Church, Fulham.
GV II
Chest tomb, mid-C19, Portland stone.
It is surmounted on a moulded base, the tomb itself widens slightly to the rim evoking a vaguely Egyptian form. Beneath the rim is a continuous carved stone band with imitation rivets, and stone floral carvings that resemble latches or clasps securing the lid. These latches appear twice on the long sides and once at the ends. The top is moulded at the edges, the upper slab is very slightly convex so that it reaches a point in the centre. The inscription is on the south side facing away from the church: 'In this tomb / rest the mortal remains of / Matthew Burchell Esq. / of this Parish who died on the 12th of July 1828 / in the 76th year of his age / And of Jane his wife / who died on the 18th January 1841 / Sacred to their revered memory and to their many virtues / filial piety has caused this stone to be inscribed.'
The tomb is located immediately adjacent (west) to the grave of Jane and William Burchell (d.1799 and 1800 respectively). William was Matthew's uncle who took Matthew into the family nursery business in the early-C19.
HISTORY: The tomb commemorates Matthew and Jane Burchell (d.1828 and 1841 respectively) who lived in the parish of Fulham. Matthew Burchell was a botanist and owned Fulham plant nursery until 1813. Their eldest son, William John Burchell, is also buried in the family vault, although there is no inscription to him on the tomb; the parish registers record his burial on 28 March 1863. His sister, Anna, who is also buried in the family tomb, left £200 in her will for the maintenance of the tomb and relief of the poor.
William John Burchell (1781-1863) was an explorer and naturalist. He was a keen botanist and was employed at Kew Gardens, becoming a member of the Linnean Society in 1803, before setting out on his expeditions in 1805. These started in St Helena where he was employed as a schoolmaster to the East India Company and also as the superintendent of the botanic garden; later he became the company's island naturalist. From there Burchell travelled to Cape Town and spent four years collecting specimens. He was asked by the British Government about the suitability of emigration to South Africa following his travels in the 1810s. In 1815 he returned to England with some 63,000 specimens of plants, seeds, insects, fish etc. From 1825-29 Burchell travelled through South America. The last three decades of his life were spent in England cataloguing his collections. Tragically, Burchell committed suicide at the family home, Churchfield House (demolished) in Fulham. His sister, Anna, donated his botanical collections to the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, and the entomological materials to the University of Oxford. Burchell wrote two volumes entitled 'Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa' which are considered to be amongst the best geographies ever written on South Africa.
SOURCES: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
CJ Feret, Fulham Old and New (1900)
All Saints Fulham parish burial registers
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The tomb of Matthew and Jane Burchell, which is also the resting place of their son, William John Burchell, C19 botanist and explorer, is designated for the following principal reasons:
* Special interest for its design and commemoration of a prominent local family:
* Considerable historic interest for the association with William Burchell, the traveller, author and naturalist, who amassed an enormous scientific collection from St Helena, South Africa and South America single-handed, that today is still regarded of exceptional historical value;
* Group value with the Grade II* All Saints Church, several Grade II listed tombs of the Bishops of London, and the Grade II tomb of Granville Sharpe.
Source: English Heritage
http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-506071-tomb-of-burchell-family-including-willia
BURCHELL Mary, 6 December 1864. The Will of Mary Burchell late of Churchfield House Fulham in the County of Middlesex Spinster deceased who died 29 January 1864 at Churchfield House aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oath of William Goddard Jackson of Wisbeach in the County of Cambridge Gentleman one of the Executors. Effects under £4,000.
William John Burchell (23 July 1781 Fulham, London - 23 March 1863 Fulham) was an English explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist and author. Burchell served a botanical apprenticeship at Kew and was elected F.L.S. in 1803. At about this time, he became enamoured of a Miss Lucia Green of Fulham, but faced strong disapproval from his parents when he broached the idea of an engagement. On 7 August 1805 he sailed for St. Helena aboard the East Indiaman "Northumberland" and intended to set up there as a merchant with a partner from London, William Balcombe (1779-1829). A year of trading saw Burchell unhappy with his situation and the partnership was speedily dissolved. Three months later he accepted a position as schoolmaster on the island and later as official botanist.
In 1810 he sailed to the Cape on the recommendation of Gen. J.W. Janssens to explore and to add to his botanical collection. Landing at Table Bay on 26 November 1810, after stormy weather had prevented a landing for 13 days, he set about planning an expedition into the interior, leaving Cape Town in June 1811. Burchell travelled in South Africa until 1815, collecting over 50,000 specimens, and covering over 7000 km, much over unexplored terrain. He described his journey in Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, a two-volume work appearing in 1822 and 1824.
On 25 August 1815 he sailed from Cape Town with 48 crates of specimens aboard the vessel "Kate", arriving back at Fulham on 11 November 1815. He travelled in Brazil between 1825 and 1830, again collecting a large number of specimens, including over 20,000 insects.
His African collections included plants, animal skins, skeletons, insects, seeds, bulbs and fish. After his death by suicide, the bulk of his plant specimens went to Kew and the insects to Oxford University Museum. He is known for the copious and accurate notes he made to accompany every collected specimen, detailing habit and habitat, as well as the numerous drawings and paintings of landscapes, portraits, costumes, people, animals and plants.
Burchell is commemorated in the monotypic plant genus Burchellia R. Br., as well as numerous specific names including Burchell's zebra and Burchell's coucal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Burchell
Letters of attorney from Sarah Butcher of Lowlands near Richmond in Van Diemens Land [Tasmania, Australia], widow, and John Hunt Butcher late of Lowlands but now of Portland Bay in the Colony of South Australia, esq, Caroline Butcher of Lowlands, spinster, and Edward William Burchell Butcher of Lowlands, esq, three of the children of Sarah by her late husband John Hunt Butcher, to William Leech of Great St Helens in the City of London, merchant, and Charles McLachlan of St Helens Place in the City of London, merchant, to receive the shares of the said children of Sarah Butcher of the legacies under the will of Sarah Butcher (described here as 'of Park Hatch, Surrey')
With witness statement from William Thomas Parramore of Anglewood near Richmond, attested by Joseph Allport, Notary Public of Van Diemens Land
Date: 7 Apr 1851
Object Number: WAMSB_PWD/22/3, Godalming Museum
http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/GetRecord/WAMSB_PWD/22/3
Release and discharge from Sarah Butcher of Richmond in Van Diemans Land [Tasmania, Australia] but temporarily resident at Brompton, Middlesex, widow, and Harriet Butcher, Jane Butcher and Martha Butcher, all of Richmond in van Diemans Land, spinsters, to William Eager, for their legacy paid upon the death of John Hunt Butcher on 20 March 1839
Date: 29 Jul 1842
Object Number: WAMSB_PWD/22/1/5, Godalming Museum
http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/GetRecord/WAMSB_PWD/22/1/5
BURCHELL Anna, 10 November 1865. The Will with four Codicils of Anna Burchell late of Churchfield House Fulham in the County of Middlesex Spinster deceased who died 2 October 1865 at Churchfield House aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of James Burchell the Younger of Broad Sanctuary Westminster in the County aforesaid Esquire Henry Pawle Ree of Walham Green in the County aforesaid M.D. and Park Nelson of Essex Street Strand in the County aforesaid Gentleman the Executors. Effects under £4,000.