Cunard Line
Burns was party to the consolidation of a number of companies, including the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, into the Cunard Line, which had been begun by Sir Samuel Cunard. The Cunard Line merged with the White Star Line in 1936, and was to launch liners such as the RMS "Queen Mary" (1936). Today it is a US-owned cruise company, which operated the famous RMS "Queen Elizabeth 2" (QE2).