Henry Burney

Henry Burney (* February 27, 1792, † March 4, 1845 at sea) was a British commercial traveler and diplomat on behalf of the British East India Company. He was a nephew of the English novelist Fanny Burney ( 1752-1840 ).

Burney came in 1807 in the British East India Company and participated in the first Anglo - Burmese war part. In 1818 he was appointed Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 20th Bengal Regiment. Later he worked as an agent of the British East India Company. He was appointed in 1825 as ambassador ( emissary ) for Siam, and came to Siam in 1826, where he met with King Rama III. a trade agreement completed (now called Burney Treaty ), the positive impact on the further development of regional purchasing team and on trade between Siam and Europe. Previously, he had been negotiating the border between Siam and occupied by the British in Burma, which were completed by mutual agreement. Only the exact course of the border at the Three Pagodas Pass ( Kanchanaburi province ) was, and long remained controversial.

Burney in 1829 became ambassador at the court of Ava in Burma in 1834 and lieutenant colonel in the Bengal Army.

Burney collected material about Burma and Siam, which he made available to England. He was married to Janet since 1818 Bannerman ( 1799-1865 ), with whom he had 13 children. His uncle, John Alexander Bannerman, was Governor of Penang.

Henry Burney died on March 4, 1845 at sea. It is located in the cemetery Mission Burial Ground, Park Street, buried in Calcutta.