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Sir Charles Dennistoun Burney, 2nd Baronet (28 December 1888—11 November 1968, Bermuda
Bermuda

Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated around 1770 kilometres northeast of Miami, Florida, and 1350 kilometres south of Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada....
) was an English
England

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 aeronautical engineer, private inventor and Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 politician.

Burney, often called Dennis Burney, was the son of former Admiral of the Fleet
Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)

Admiral of the Fleet is a rank of the British Royal Navy and other navies, equating to the NATO rank code OF-10.The rank evolved from the ancient sailing days of the Royal Navy....
 Sir Cecil Burney Bt.

Burney was managing director of the private firm that built the R100
R100

HM Airship R100 was a privately designed and built rigid airship built as part of a two-ship competition to develop new techniques for a projected larger airship for British military use....
 airship, where he was assisted by Nevil Shute
Nevil Shute

Nevil Shute Norway was both a popular novelist and a successful aeronautical engineer. He used Nevil Shute as his pen name, and his full name in his engineering career, in order to protect his engineering career from any potential negative publicity in connection with his novels ....
, later to become famous as a writer. He invented the highly successful Paravane
Paravane

Paravane may refer to:* Operation Paravane, a World War II operation* Paravane , a towed winged underwater object* Paravane , a minesweeper...
 during the First World War
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 a device used for cutting cables from mines.






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Sir Charles Dennistoun Burney, 2nd Baronet (28 December 1888—11 November 1968, Bermuda
Bermuda

Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated around 1770 kilometres northeast of Miami, Florida, and 1350 kilometres south of Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada....
) was an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 aeronautical engineer, private inventor and Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 politician.

Burney, often called Dennis Burney, was the son of former Admiral of the Fleet
Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)

Admiral of the Fleet is a rank of the British Royal Navy and other navies, equating to the NATO rank code OF-10.The rank evolved from the ancient sailing days of the Royal Navy....
 Sir Cecil Burney Bt.

Burney was managing director of the private firm that built the R100
R100

HM Airship R100 was a privately designed and built rigid airship built as part of a two-ship competition to develop new techniques for a projected larger airship for British military use....
 airship, where he was assisted by Nevil Shute
Nevil Shute

Nevil Shute Norway was both a popular novelist and a successful aeronautical engineer. He used Nevil Shute as his pen name, and his full name in his engineering career, in order to protect his engineering career from any potential negative publicity in connection with his novels ....
, later to become famous as a writer. He invented the highly successful Paravane
Paravane

Paravane may refer to:* Operation Paravane, a World War II operation* Paravane , a towed winged underwater object* Paravane , a minesweeper...
 during the First World War
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 a device used for cutting cables from mines. In 1939 he was again joined by Nevil Shute in the development of an early air-launched gliding torpedo, the Toraplane, and the gliding bomb, Doravane. Despite much work and many trials the Toraplane could not be launched with repeatable accuracy and the Toraplane was finally abandoned in 1942.

Burney was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 for Uxbridge
Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Uxbridge is a constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
 from 1922 until he retired in 1929.

His private interests led him to set up a company Streamline Cars Ltd
Streamline Cars Ltd

Streamline Cars Ltd was the company responsible for making the Burney car.Sir Charles Dennistoun Burney rose to fame as an airship designer and is best known for his work at Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England on the R100 for Vickers....
 to build technically advanced aerodynamic rear-engined cars from 1930 - 1934, that were taken up by Crossley Motors
Crossley Motors

Crossley Motors, based in Manchester, England, produced approximately 19,000 high quality cars from 1904 until 1938, 5,500 buses from 1926 until 1958 and 21,000 goods and military vehicles from 1914 to 1945....
. Among other military weapons, he was the inventor of the squash-head shell (High Explosive Squash Head
High explosive squash head

High explosive squash head is a type of explosive ammunition that is effective against buildings and is also used against tank vehicle armour....
 shell )and the British developer of the recoilless rifle
Recoilless rifle

A recoilless gun or recoilless rifle is a lightweight form of weapon that allows the firing of a heavier projectile than would be practical with a recoiling weapon....
 which were known as Burney guns. He demonstrated the advantages of the latter by constructing a recoilless shotgun
Shotgun

A shotgun is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called lead shot, or a solid projectile called a shotgun slug....
 with a 1 inch bore which he was able to shoot with no discomfort from the recoil. During World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 he led development of what became, in official terms, Ordnance, RCL, 3.45 in
Ordnance, RCL, 3.45 in

The 3.45 inch RCL was a British recoilless rifle weapon, designed by Charles Dennistoun Burney during the Second World War. Delayed by problems due to wear upon firing, it did not see action, as was hoped, in the Far East....
.

He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1929 and was in turn succeeded by his only child.