Sir Charles Dennistoun Burney, 2nd Baronet was an English aeronautical engineer, private inventor and Conservative Party politician.
With Streamline Cars Ltd's Burney car, c. 1930
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cecil Burney, 1st Baronet, was a Royal Navy officer. After seeing action as a junior office in naval brigades during both the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Mahdist War, he commanded a cruiser in operational service during the Second Boer War. As a flag officer he commanded the Plymouth Division of the Home Fleet, the 5th Cruiser Squadron, the Atlantic Fleet and then the 3rd Battle Squadron.
Cecil Burney
The London Conference which led to Burney being despatched to the Balkans to keep the Peace
The battleship HMS Marlborough, Burney's flagship at the Battle of Jutland
A 1917 portrait of Cecil Burney by Francis Dodd.