John Fox Burgoyne


Sir John Fox Burgoyne

Lieutenant General Sir John Fox Burgoyne, GCB, photo by Roger Fenton, 1855
Born24 July 1782
Died7 October 1871 (aged 89)
Kensington, London
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1798–1868
RankField Marshal
Battles/warsFrench Revolutionary Wars
Peninsular War
War of 1812
Crimean War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

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 the Battle of Vitoria. He served under Sir Edward Pakenham as chief engineer during the War of 1812. He went on to act as official advisor to Lord Raglan during the Crimean War advocating the Bay of Kalamita as the point of disembarkation for allied forces and recommending a Siege of Sevastopol from the south side rather than a coup de main, so consigning the allied forces to a winter in the field in 1854.


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