Michael C. Burgess

Michael Charles Burgess (born December 8, 1956) is a British actor, poet, activist and former editor of The Star-News who appeared in the films Twelve Views of Kensal House, Hacksaw and Friend of the World. He helped assemble the Non-Stop Picket of South Africa House with the demand that Nelson Mandela be set free and is believed to be a descendant of Lord Byron. Personal life Burgess was born to Geoffrey Burgess, an Oxford Times freelance writer. He and his father became the topic of an article for The Daily Telegraph after Christina Hardyment read Byron's Children by Susan Normington. The Burgesses are presumed to be direct descendants of Lord Byron through Hannah Burgess, Byron's probable granddaughter and Geoffrey's great-great-grandmother. Hannah said she is the daughter of William Marshall, who claimed he was the illegitimate son of Byron. In the 1980s, Burgess aided The Non-Stop Picket of South Africa House that called for Nelson Mandela's release from prison. He described how the Picket became part of his daily routine and that he noticed early picketers lost their motivation and gave up. Career