{{Short description|Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council from 1897 to 1898}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Albert Robson Burkill | image = | image_size = | caption = | order = Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council | term_start = May 1897 | term_end = January 1898 | predecessor = Edward Probst | successor = James Fearon | birth_date = 1839 | birth_place = Louth, Lincolnshire, England | death_date = {{death date|1913|11|29|mf=y}} (aged 73) | death_place = Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire | constituency = | party = | spouse = | profession = Businessman | signature = | footnotes = }}
'''Albert Robson Burkill''' was the chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council in from 1897 to 1898.
==Biography==
Burkill was born in Louth, Lincolnshire, in 1839, the son of John Burkill.<ref>A.R. Burkill marriage certificate.</ref>
Burkill moved to Shanghai in the early 1866. He joined the staff of Glover, Dow & Co and some years later went into business on his own account. In 1877, he formed Cromie and Burkill with Mr Cromie and continued in partnership until 1895. In that year he formed A.R. Burkill & Sons with his sons C.R. and A.W. Burkill. He retired from business in 1898 and returned to England.<ref name="auto">North China Herald, December 6, 1913, p719</ref> A.R. Burkill & Sons (HK) Co Ltd continues to operate in Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hongkongcompanylist.com/ar-burkill-sons-hong-kong-limited-eotq/#.WEtzxhS8zzI|title=A.R. Burkill & Sons (Hong Kong) Limited - Hong Kong Company Database|website=www.hongkongcompanylist.com|access-date=8 September 2023}}</ref>
Burkill was also one of the founders of the Shanghai Land Investment Company. He.was a member of the Committee of the China Association and was a steward of the Shanghai Race Club.<ref name="auto"/>
Burkill was elected to and became chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council in May 1897 following the en masse resignation of the previous council as a result of the "wheelbarrow riots" in Shanghai. He served until January 1898 when a new council was elected and James Fearon took his place.<ref name="auto"/>
Burkill Road (now Fengyang Road) in Shanghai was named after Burkill.<ref>[http://www.cnblogs.com/A-Z/archive/2006/03/30/363136.html A-Z Archive] cnblogs.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221135929/http://www.cnblogs.com/A-Z/archive/2006/03/30/363136.html |date=December 21, 2016 }}</ref>
Burkill died on 29 November 1913 at his residence in Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire.<ref name="auto"/>
==Marriage==
Burkill married Clementia Caroline Lockett Dow, daughter of James Dow, on 27 April 1872 in Shanghai.<ref>Marriage Certificate of A.R. Burkill</ref> They had two sons, Albert William and Charles Reginald Burkill.<ref>North China Herald, December 6, 1913, p719; http://www.treatyportsport.com/burkill--a-w--1892---1935-.html</ref>
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