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Hardin Burnley
Hardin
Burnley
was a
Virginia
lawyer
and
political figure
who served in the
Virginia House of Delegates
and the
Virginia Council of State
. As
President of the Council
, Burnley was the acting
Governor of Virginia
for
three days
in 1799,
pending
the
swearing in
of
James Monroe
.
His
daughter
Mary
married
the
British MP
Joseph Hume
and their daughter was the radical
Mary Hume-Rothery
.