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Personal and career details for this Victorian era Royal Navy officer.
Há 2 dias · John Burgoyne, army officer, politician and author, was buried in the north cloister of Westminster Abbey alongside his daughter Charlotte in 1792.
Born in Ireland, Burgoyne was awarded a V.C. when he was 21 years old, for his exploits in a landing party during the Crimean War. Burgoyne died when his masted turret ship Captain capsized in a gale off Cape Finisterre. The ship had been poorly designed, with very little freeboard and exceedingly heavy turrets.
Hugh Talbot Burgoyne ( 17. heinäkuuta 1833 – 7. syyskuuta 1870) oli brittiläinen merimies ja Kuninkaallisen laivaston upseeri. Burgoynen isä oli Britannian armeijan marsalkka John Fox Burgoyne ja äiti Charlotte Rose. Hän oli vanhempiensa ainoa poika seitsemän tyttären ohella.
On 29 May, Lieutenant C W Buckley of HMS Miranda, with Lieutenant H T Burgoyne of HMS Swallow and Gunner J Robarts from HMS Ardent, landed near Genitchi on the north-west of the Sea of Azov, opposite the Spit of Arabat and at the entrance to the Putrid Sea. Despite meeting stiff Russian opposition, they set fire to government buildings, corn ...
Burgoyne is a surname introduced to England following the Norman conquest of 1066, which denoted someone from Burgundy ( Bourgogne in French). [1] Notable people with the name include: Alan Burgoyne (1880–1929), British soldier, politician and writer. Burgoyne Diller (1906–1965), American abstract painter. Eileen Burgoyne (1915—2013 ...
Hugh Talbot Burgoyne VC. b. 17/07/1833 Dublin, Ireland. d. 07/09/1870 at sea off Cape Finisterre. Captain Hugh Talbot Burgoyne VC, RN was born in Dublin, Ireland on the 17th July 1833. He was the only son of Field Marshal Sir John Fox Burgoyne GCB, who had fought in the Peninsular Wars alongside the Duke of Wellington, fought in the War of 1812 ...
