Sir John Fox Burgoyne (* July 24 1782 in London, England; † October 7 1871) was a British Field Marshal.

John Fox Burgoyne was the son of General John Burgoyne and opera singer Susan Caulfield . In 1798 he was commissioned as Second Lieutenant of the British Royal_Engineers. He fought against the army of Napoleon I and campaigned in the Pyrenees under the Duke of Wellington. Wellington transferred him to Burgos and later to San Sebastian to participate in the siege of Rosetta. In the War_of_1812, he fought under General Pakenham as a Lieutenant_Colonel and participated in the Battle of New Orleans.

In 1826 Burgoyne accompanied General Clinton to Portugal. He was appointed as Colonel in 1831. In 1838 he became a Major General and in 1845 was named Inspector-General of Fortifications. His famous memoirs were the impetus responsible for the fortification of the English coast.

During the Irish Potato Famine Burgoyne led the efforts to provide relief from mass starvation. In 1851 he was promoted to Lieutenant General. Before the outbreak of the Crimean War he went to Constantinople, to assist in the fortification of the Turkish capitol and the Dardanelles. During the Siege_of_Sevastopol_(1854), he arranged for the bombardment of Malakow . Upon his return to England in 1856, he received a baronetcy. In 1865 he was made the Commander of the Tower of London and retired in 1868 as Field Marshal.

John Fox Burgoyne died on October 7th, 1871 in London.

Works

• Treatise on the Blasting and Quarrying of Stone. London (1852).
• Military Opinions of Sir John Fox Burgoyne. London (1859)