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Field Marshal Sir John Fox Burgoyne, 1st Baronet, GCB (24 July 1782 – 7 October 1871) was a British Army officer. After taking part in the Siege of Malta during the French Revolutionary Wars , he saw action under Sir John Moore and then under the Duke of Wellington in numerous battles of the Peninsular War , including the Siege of Badajoz and ...
Burgoyne, Sir John Fox (1782–1871), engineer and administrator, was born 24 July 1782, eldest of the four illegitimate children of Lt-gen. ‘Gentleman’ John Burgoyne and Susan Caulfield, singer.
Military engineer 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. As such, he strived to serve Wellington by supervising the building of fortifications, and the destruction of the enemy's.
As a critic of the state of Britain's defences, he was a supporter of the establishment of volunteer forces. He served in the Crimean War, first as a strategic advisor and then as colonel-commandant of the Royal Engineers. He was raised to the rank of general in 1855, and received a baronetcy in 1856.
May 14, 2018 · B ritish general John Burgoyne was best known for leading a failed military campaign against the rebel colonists during the American Revolutionary War (1775–83). Back in England, Burgoyne had to defend himself before the British government for his defeat and was stripped of his military rank and privileges.
General John Burgoyne - "Gentleman Johnny," whose surrender at Saratoga was the turning-point of the War of American Independence - left no legitimate offspring and many debts.
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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.
