Burgess

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Burgess was originally a freeman of a borough. It later came to mean an elected or un-elected official of a municipality.

Burgess is a common last name:

Anthony Burgess (1917–1993), English novelist and critic
Claude Bramall Burgess, British Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1958–1963
Daniel Maynard Burgess (1828–1911), U.S. surgeon and explorer
Eric Burgess, freelance space consultant
Ernest Burgess (1886-1966), urban sociologist at the University of Chicago
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951), U.S. humorist
Guy Burgess (1911–1963), British double-agent
Herbert Burgess (1883– ), British football player
Ian Burgess, British Formula One driver
Leroy Burgess, disco producer
Mark Burgess (b. 1944), New Zealand cricket player
Melvin Burgess (b. 1954), British author
Michael Burgess, coroner of The Queen's Household
Michael C. Burgess (b. 1950), U.S. physician and politician
Neil Burgess, British actor
Smoky Burgess (1927–1991), U.S. Major League Baseball player
Thomas Burgess (1756–1837), English author and philosopher
Thomas Burgess, founder of Bala, Ontario, Canada
Thornton Burgess (1874–1965), U.S. conservationist and children's author
Tim Burgess (b. 1967), lead singer of British band the Charlatans

Fictional :

Alex Burgess, fictional character from Neil Gaiman's comic book series, The Sandman

Last names with the same meaning include:

Burgher, Burger, Borges

Burgess can also be a first name:

Burgess Meredith (1907–1997), U.S. actor

Other uses of Burgess include:

Burgess Park, park in the London Borough of Southwark
Burgess Falls State Park U.S. state park located near Cookeville, Tennessee
Mount Burgess, a Canadian mountain
Burgess shale, fossil bearing shale found near Mount Burgess
Burgess, Missouri, U.S. town
Burgess Hill, English town
Camp Burgess, boys camp in Sandwich, Massachusetts
Carter & Burgess, U.S. consulting firm
Virginia House of Burgesses, the lower house of the first elected legislative assembly in the New World

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