Burnell-Nugent

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Burnell-Nugent is a compound surname formed from combining Burnell and Nugent, arising from the 1905 marriage of Frank Burnell-Nugent (né Nugent) and Ellen Burnell. Frank Burnell-Nugent was the son of Albert Llewellyn Nugent, 3rd Baron Nugent, whose father, Walter, had been created a Baron of Austria in 1859.[1] Walter Nugent was a descendant of the Barons Delvin, later created Earls of Westmeath.[2]

Notable people with the surname include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Burke's Peerage, 2003, vol. 3, p. 4129
  2. ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Sir Bernard Burke, 1868, p. 1164