=Burke, Edmund= (1729-1797). Born in Ireland. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin; and entered Parliament in 1765. In 1771 agent for New York province; and in 1774-1775 strongly opposed war with America. In 1782 paymaster of the forces. One of the leaders in the impeachment of Warren Hastings, 1788-1795. =Index=: =Dr= Wants more information on Quebec Act, 67; discusses Constitutional Act in House of Commons, 265. =S= Supports division of province, 7; his quarrel with Fox, 8, 9. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._ =Burlamaché.= =Ch= Commissioner in dispute between Kirke and De Caën, 217, 218; sent to France in connection with restoration of French possessions, 220. =Bib.=: Kirke, _The First English Conquest of Canada_. =Burlington Bay Canal.= An open cut across a sand-bar at the entrance of Burlington Bay, designed to enable vessels to reach the city of Hamilton from the lake. It was authorized by the Legislature, 1823, and completed, 1832. Enlarged, 1841. =Index=: =BL= Provision made for by government in 1841, 98. =Burns.= =S= Presbyterian minister, establishes school at Niagara, 167. =Burns, Edward.= =S= Clerk of Crown and Pleas, 178. =Burns, Robert Easton= (1805-1863). Born in Niagara. Called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1827. Practised at Niagara, St. Catharines, and Hamilton. Appointed judge of the Niagara District, 1836; judge of the Home District, 1844; judge of the Court of Queen's Bench, 1850. =Bib.=: Read, _Lives of the Judges_. =Burpee, Isaac= (1825-1885). Born at Sheffield, New Brunswick. Represented city of St. John in Dominion Parliament, 1872-1885; minister of customs, 1873-1878. Died in New York. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._ =Burr, Aaron= (1756-1836). Born in New Jersey. In 1775 served in the Revolutionary army, and accompanied Arnold on his expedition to Quebec. In 1791 elected to the Senate, and in 1801 vice-president of the United States. In 1804 killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. =Index=: =Dr= Aide-de-camp to Montgomery, 122. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._; Jenkinson, _Aaron Burr_; Todd, _The True Aaron Burr_. =Burton, Sir Francis.= =P= Lieutenant-governor of Lower Canada--meets views of Assembly as to the budget, 60; his action repudiated by Dalhousie, 61; acting governor during absence of Dalhousie in 1825, 70. =Burton, Ralph.= Served in the siege of Quebec. On July 29, 1759, in command of thirteen companies of Grenadiers, and on September 2 wounded at the battle of Montmorency. Appointed lieutenant-governor of Quebec after the capture of the city. =Index=: =WM= Of the 48th, in action at Montmorency, 142; holds troops in readiness on south shore opposite Wolfe's Cove, 172, 183; commands reserve in battle of Plains, 189; Wolfe's last orders to, 200; in battle of Ste. Foy, 258. =Hd= Governor of Three Rivers, 41; ordered to West Indies, 42; leaves his family in charge of Haldimand, 51; returns to Three Rivers, 53; replaces Gage at Montreal, 53. =Bib.=: Doughty, _Siege of Quebec_; Wood, _The Fight for Canada_.