Person DS/UK/23845 Burnett; Richard (1932-2022); MBE; English concert pianist Burnett Richard 1932-2022 English concert pianist Male (cisgender) Richard Leslie Burnett Godstone, Surrey, England, United Kingsom (born)

English White Heterosexual Richard Burnett (23 June 1932-8 July 2022) was a fine concert pianist, and with his wife Katrina was one of the world’s leading collectors of keyboard instruments; together they founded Finchcocks, the internationally renowned museum of historic keyboard instruments, in a Georgian manor house of the same name near Goudhurst in Kent. Richard Leslie Burnett was born at another manor house in Godstone, Surrey. Known to family and friends as Dick, he was the youngest of five children of Colonel Sir Leslie Burnett, [2nd] Bt, a member of the surveying firm David Burnett and Son, and his wife Joan (née Humphery). Burnett, who at one stage flirted with Buddhism, was appointed MBE in 2008. He is survived by Katrina (née Hendrey), whom he married in 1969; they had no children. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHeharper 7/26/2022 RAHeharper 7/26/2022 b17ca769-e2d3-4432-89d3-28c886f903e4