Edward Burnett (March 16, 1849 – November 5, 1925) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Burnett attended St. Paul's School. He was graduated from St. Mark's School,

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, which had been founded by his father Joseph Burnett in 1867 and from

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in 1871. He engaged in agricultural pursuits near

. He was among the breeders who were originators of the Boston Terrier.http://designerbostons.homestead.com/HISTORY.html Boston Terrier and Edward Burnett He was an early member of the Tavern Club founded mostly by fellow Harvard alumni. He married Mabel Lowell, daughter of

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man of letters and diplomat

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and

Maria White Lowell Maria White Lowell (July 8, 1821 – October 27, 1853) was an American poet and abolitionist. Her poems were privately printed by her husband, James Russell Lowell, the poet, two years after her death. Early life Maria White was born in Waterto ...

. Burnett was elected as a

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to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress. He served as general manager of Florham Farm the property of

Hamilton McKown Twombly Hamilton McKown Twombly Sr. (August 11, 1849 – January 11, 1910) was an American businessman. Early life Hamilton McKown Twombly Sr. was born on August 11, 1849 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts and grew up in Boston. His parents were Alexand ...

and

Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (January 8, 1854 – April 11, 1952) was an American socialite and heiress. She was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. She and her husband Hamilton McKown Twombly built Florham, a gilded age estate in M ...

in what is now

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from 1892 to 1900. He was also designer and manager of farms for Florence's brothers, George Washington Vanderbilt II, George Washington Vanderbilt and Frederick William Vanderbilt. He became engaged as a farm architect in New York City from 1900 to 1925, for a short time in partnership with Alfred Hopkins. He died in Milton, Massachusetts, November 5, 1925 and was interred in St. Mark's Churchyard,

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