Lieutenant-Colonel James Burton was an English property developer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography identifies him as the most successful property-developer of Regency and of Georgian London, in which he built over 3000 properties in 250 acres. Between 1792 and 1802, he spent over £400,000 on the Foundling Hospital Estate alone.
- Occupation
- businessperson, real estate developer, architect
- Position held
- High Sheriff of Kent
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- July 29, 1761
- Died
