Andrew Burnaby
Andrew Burnaby (16 August 1732 – 9 March 1812) was an English clergyman and travel writer, mainly about the American colonies and Italy.He was born in Asfordby, Leicestershire,[1] on 16 August 1732,[2] the eldest son and namesake of the Reverend Andrew Burnaby, a well-to-do clergyman of the Church of England.His book avoids taking sides in the growing political struggles between the colonies and Britain, but he describes the discord among the states, the tensions between the colonists and the Indian tribes, and adverse "climate" in the south that "renders them indolent, inactive, and unenterprising... in every line of their character" as evidence that would prevent America from ever becoming a major power.He was posted there for about five years, rising to become Proconsul (but actually doing the job of Consul), until his eventual resignation and return to England, where he was appointed vicar at Greenwich, Kent, from 1769.[7] Anne Edwyn was baptised on 15 October 1735 at Hungarton, Leicestershire,[6] and died there a few days after her husband, on 16[5] or 19 March 1812.