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Field Marshal Sir John Fox Burgoyne, 1st Baronet, GCB (24 July 1782 – 7 October 1871) was a British Army officer.
6 de sept. de 2021 · Field Marshal Sir John Fox Burgoyne, 1st Baronet GCB (24 July 1782 – 7 October 1871) was a British Army officer. After taking part in Siege of Malta during the French Revolutionary Wars, he saw action under Sir John Moore and then under Sir Arthur Wellesley at the numerous battles of the Peninsular War.
John Burgoyne (Sutton, cerca de Londres, 24 de febrero de 1722- Londres, 4 de agosto de 1792) fue un general y dramaturgo británico. Durante la guerra de independencia de Estados Unidos, rindió su ejército de 6.000 hombres el 17 de octubre de 1777 en Saratoga.
John Burgoyne, army officer, politician and author, was buried in the north cloister of Westminster Abbey alongside his daughter Charlotte in 1792.
Sir John Fox Burgoyne, 1st Bt. (1782-1871), Military engineer. Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 9 portraits. The illegitimate son of the similarly-named general who capitulated at Saratoga, New York State, in 1777, this Burgoyne was an officer in the Royal Engineers.
General John Burgoyne (24 February 1722 – 4 August 1792) was a British general, dramatist and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1792. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several battles, most notably during the Portugal campaign of 1762.
He was raised to the rank of general in 1855, and received a baronetcy in 1856. In 1865 he took the ceremonial post of Commander of the Tower of London. Burgoyne retired as inspector-general of fortifications in 1868 and was made a field marshal.
