The Burne-Jones Baronetcy, of

Rottingdean Rottingdean is a village in the city of Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of England. It borders the villages of Saltdean, Ovingdean and Woodingdean, and has a historic centre, often the subject of picture postcards. Name The name Rotting ...

in the County of Sussex, and of The Grange in the Parish of Fulham in the

County of London The County of London was a county of England from 1889 to 1965, corresponding to the area known today as Inner London. It was created as part of the general introduction of elected county government in England, by way of the Local Government A ...

, was a title in the

Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...

. It was created on 4 May 1894 for the artist and designer

Edward Burne-Jones Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet, (; 28 August 183317 June 1898) was an English painter and designer associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter. Burne-Jones worked with William Morris as a founding part ...

. He was closely associated with the later phase of the

Pre-Raphaelite movement The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB), later known as the Pre-Raphaelites, was a group of English painters, poets, and art critics, founded in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossett ...

. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet, who was also a painter. The title became extinct on his death in 1926.

Burne-Jones baronets, of Rottingdean and of The Grange (1894)

* Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet (1833–1898) * Sir Philip Burne-Jones, 2nd Baronet (1861–1926)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burne-Jones Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom