John Burgoyne
✓ Source-basedstableBritish general and playwright (1722-1792)
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General John Burgoyne was a British Army officer, playwright and politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1761 to 1792. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several battles, most notably during the Spanish invasion of Portugal in 1762.
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1758 portrait of Burgoyne
Lady Charlotte Stanley, by Edward Haytley (1746)
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Burgoyne's march on Albany June-October 1777
Surrender of General Burgoyne (John Trumbull, 1822)
10 Hertford Street, London W1, Burgoyne's home in later lifeIn their orbit 1
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About this person
Country
United KingdomCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1722 to 1792 · aged 70
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