Dictionary of Indian Biography/Burney, Henry

by Charles Edward Buckland

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BURNEY, HENRY ( ? –1846?)

Captain: attached to the 20th (Marine) N.L: on duty at Prince of Wales' Island: learnt Malay: acquired knowledge of the Archipelago and Malacca: appointed Military Secretary of the Penang Government: employed to negotiate with Malay and Siamese Chiefs: Political Agent to Siamese States, 1825: Envoy to Siam: obtained the release of 1,400 Burmans and Peguese: Deputy Commissioner of Tenasserim, 1827–9: Resident at the Court of Ava, 1829–38: contributed papers to the J.A.S.B., about Ava: wrote a Historical Review of the Political Relations between British India and Ava: had a Dictionary of Pali compiled: returned to India, 1842: died there in 1845–6.