Lieutenant-Colonel James Burton was an English property developer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography identifies him as the most successful property-developer of Regency and of Georgian Londo
James Burton (1761 - 1837), the most successful property developer of Regency and of Georgian London.
The Burtons' mansion, The Holme of Regent's Park, which was designed by Burton's son Decimus Burton, has been described as 'one of the most desirable private homes in London' by the architectural scholar Guy Williams.
Portrait of Sir Walter Scott by Henry Raeburn, 1823. Burton was a cousin of the poet Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet.
Regent's Park, designed by his son Decimus Burton
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