See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN BURGOYNE (1722-1792)
• BURGOYNE, SIR JOHN FOX

BURGOYNE (1722-1792)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general and dramatist, entered the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . In 1943 he made a runaway See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with a daughter of the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• DERBY
• DERBY, EARLS OF

Derby, but soon had to sell his See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission to meet his debts, after which he lived abroad for seven years . By See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Derby's See also:

• INTEREST

interest See also:

• BURGOYNE, JOHN (1722-1792)
• BURGOYNE, SIR JOHN FOX

Burgoyne was then reinstated at the outbreak of the Seven Years' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and in 1758 he became See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain and See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel in the See also:

• FOOT

foot See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

guards . In 1758–1759 he participated in expeditions made against the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, and in the latter See also:

• YEAR

year he was instrumental in introducing See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry into the See also:

• BRITISH

British army . The two regiments then formed were commanded by Eliott (afterwards Lord See also:

• HEATHFIELD, GEORGE AUGUSTUS ELIOTT, BARON (r717-1790)

Heathfield) and Burgoyne . In 1761 he sat in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for See also:

• MIDHURST

Midhurst, and in the following year he served as brigadier-general in See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal, winning particular distinction by his See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of See also:

• VALENCIA
• VALENCIA, or VALENTIA

Valencia d'See also:

• ALCANTARA

Alcantara and of See also:

• VILLA

Villa Velha . In 1768 he became M.P. for See also:

• PRESTON
• PRESTON, JOHN (1587-1628)

Preston, and for the next few years he occupied himself chiefly with his See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary duties, in which he was remarkable for his general outspokenness and, in particular, for his attacks on Lord See also:

• CLIVE, CAROLINE (1801-1873)
• CLIVE, CATHERINE [KITTY] (1711-1785)
• CLIVE, ROBERT CLIVE, BARON (1725-1774)

Clive . At the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he devoted much See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to See also:

• ART

art and See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama (his first See also:

• PLAY

play, The Maid of the Oaks, being produced by See also:

• GARRICK, DAVID (1717-1779)

Garrick in 1795), and gambled recklessly . In the army he had by this time become a See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general, and on the outbreak of the See also:

• AMERICAN

American War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence he was appointed to a command . In 1777 he was at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the British reinforcements designed for the invasion of the colonies from See also:

• CANADA

Canada . In this disastrous expedition he gained See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of See also:

• TICONDEROGA

Ticonderoga (for which he was made a lieutenant-general) and Fort See also:

• EDWARD

Edward; but, pushing on, was detached from his communications with Canada,and hemmed in by a See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior force at See also:

• SARATOGA, BATTLES OF

Saratoga (q.v.) . On the 17th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October his troops, about 3500 in number, laid down their arms .

The success was the greatest the colonists had yet gained, and it proved the turning-point in the war . The indignation in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England against Burgoyne was See also:

• GREAT

great, but perhaps unjust . He returned at once, with the leave of the American general, to defend his conduct, and demanded, but never obtained, a trial . He was deprived of his See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment and a governorship which he held . In 1782, however, when his See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends came into See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, he was restored to his See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank, given a colonelcy, and made See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland and a privy councillor . After the fall of the See also:

• ROCKINGHAM, CHARLES WATSON WENTWORTH, 2ND MARQUESS OF (173o-1782)

Rockingham See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government in 1783, Burgoyne withdrew more and more into private See also:

• LIFE

life, his last public service being his participation in the See also:

• IMPEACHMENT (O. Fr. empeahement, empeschement, from em pecher or empescher, to hinder, Late Lat. impedicare, to entangle, pedica, fetter, pes, foot)

impeachment of See also:

• WARREN
• WARREN, GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE (183o-1882)
• WARREN, JOSEPH (1741—1775)
• WARREN, MERCY (1728—1814)
• WARREN, MINTON (1850-1907)
• WARREN, SAMUEL (1807-1877)
• WARREN, SIR JOHN BORLASE, BART
• WARREN, WILLIAM (1812-1888)

Warren See also:

• HASTINGS
• HASTINGS, FRANCIS
• HASTINGS, FRANK ABNEY (1794-1828)
• HASTINGS, WARREN (1732-1818)

Hastings . In his latter years he was principally occupied in See also:

• LITERARY

literary and dramatic See also:

• WORK

work . His See also:

• COMEDY

comedy, The Heiress, which appeared in 1786, ran through ten See also:

• EDITIONS

editions within a year, and was translated into several See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• TONGUES, GIFT OF, or GLOSSOLALIA (yXwova, tongue, aXeiv, speak)

tongues . He died suddenly on the 4th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1792 . General Burgoyne, whose wife died in June 1776 during his See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence in Canada, had several natural See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children (See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born between 1782 and 1788) by Susan Caulfield, an See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer, one of whom became See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

Field See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal See also:

• SIR

Sir J . F . Burgoyne .

His Dramatic and Poetical See also:

• WORKS

Works appeared in two vols., 18o8 . See E . B. de See also:

• FONBLANQUE, ALBANY WILLIAM (1793-1872)

Fonblanque, Political and Military Episodes from the Life and See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence of Right Hon . J . Burgoyne (1876) ; and W . L . See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

Stone, See also:

• CAMPAIGN

Campaign of Lieut.-Gen . J . Burgoyne, &c . (See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany, N.Y., 1877) .