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His early life . . .
Admiral Sir Charles Burrard, second and last Baronet of Lymington, was a member of the Wallhampton (Lymington) family which had controlled the borough for generations, although his title was separate from that of the main branch of the family. His naval career commenced at the time of the wars with France. He was a midshipman on HMS Victory at one stage and later had his own commands under his cousin, Sir Harry Burrard Neale. He was involved in numerous actions, including the suppression of pirates. He appears to have retired from the Navy in about 1825, settling in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, in the New Forest, where his family eventually occupied Holmfield, then a Crown property, on the eastern side of the village.
His family . . . .
Sir Charles married Louisa Lushington, daughter of Sir Henry Lushington of Harpenden in Hertfordshire and had six daughters, some of whose descendants remain in the New Forest to this day. Because there was no male heir, the title lapsed with Sir Charles's death in 1870. He is buried, with his wife, close to the west door of Lyndhurst church, but his gravestone was destroyed several years ago. The church was built for his son-in-law, the Rev.William Henry Lucas who married Alice Burrard and was the clergyman in charge of Lyndhurst before leaving to become rector of Sopley in 1866. The north porch is dedicated to Sir Charles's memory.
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