Burgoyne

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:

• Burgoyne Diller (1906–1965), American abstract painter
• Hugh Talbot Burgoyne (1833–1870), Irish captain of the Royal Navy, son of John Fox Burgoyne
• James Patrick Montagu Burgoyne Winthrop Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown (b. 1954), British peer and politician
• John Burgoyne (1722–1792), British general during the American Revolutionary War, father of John Fox Burgoyne
• John Fenwick Burgoyne Blackett (1821–1856), British politician
• John Fox Burgoyne (1782–1871), British field marshal of the British Army, son of John Burgoyne, father of Hugh Talbot Burgoyne
• Mike Burgoyne (rugby union) (born 1951), New Zealand rugby union player
• Mike Burgoyne (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
• Montagu Burgoyne (1750–1836), British politician.
• Peter Burgoyne (b. 1978), Australian rules footballer, brother of Shaun Burgoyne
• Shaun Burgoyne (b. 1982), Australian rules footballer, brother of Peter Burgoyne
• Thomas Burgoyne (1775–1847), British cricketer
• Thomas Burgoyne (Australian politician) (1827–1920) South Australian politician
• Victoria Burgoyne (b. 1965), British actress
• William Burgoyne Taverner (1879–1958), New Zealand politician
• Thomas Henry Burgoyne, secretary and member of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor and author of The Light in Egypt, published in 1889.

See also

• Burgoyne baronets, from two British baronetcies

References