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Robert George Burrell (1849–1904) was an engineer, and managing director of Charles Burrell & Sons.^[1]^[2]^[3] His daughter, Elsie Burrell, was a portrait painter. He served as Mayor of Thetford for three years and was a Justice of the Peace.^[3]^[4]

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^ "Charles Burrell and Sons Limited". Science Museum Group.
^ "Robert George Burrell". www.gracesguide.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
^ ^a ^b The Engineer. Morgan-Grampian (Publishers). September 16, 1904. p. 279. Obituary (bottom of column 1): Very many of our readers will learn with great regret that Mr. Robert George Burrell, St. Nicholas House, Thetford, died after a short illness on the 7th (illegible word). He was a managing director of the old firm Charles Burrell and Sons, Thetford, (illegible word) in all that relates to steam traction on the highway. Mr. Robert Burrell was the second son of Mr. Charles Burrell, who founded the business. He was born in March, 1849. He took much interest in Thetford, and was mayor of that town for three years. His loss is keenly felt in the district.
^ Sutherland, Henry; Royal College of Physicians of London (1890). A Directory of justices in England and Wales, appointed under the Lunacy Act, 1890, to make orders for the reception of private patients. 1890-91. London Royal College of Physicians. London : John Bale & Sons. p. 14.

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