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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 ...
- 1798–1868
- British Army
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.
- 1743–1784
- Commander-in-Chief, Ireland
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. Biografía. John Burgoyne nació el 22 de febrero de 1722 en Sutton, cerca de Londres.
FIELD-MARSHAL SIR JOHN FOX BURGOYNE IÓÇ. Sicily, in Egypt again, with Sir John Moore in his abortive expedition to Sweden and then in Spain, and afterwards throughout the remainder of the Peninsular War. Here he had played a distinguished and directing. part in the great sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, each of which had gained him a ...
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. Educated at Eton and Woolwich military academy, he joined the Royal Engineers at 16; saw active service in Malta, Sicily, and Egypt; and commanded ...
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.
27 de abr. de 2023 · John Fox Burgoyne was the illegitimate son of Lieutenant General John Burgoyne, soldier, politician and dramatist, best known as the “Gentleman Johnny” whose surrender at Saratoga was one of the decisive episodes in the American War of Independence.
