Burgoyne Explained

For other uses see Burgoyne (disambiguation).

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), British Cold War spy
• Grant Burgoyne (1953), Boise, Idaho attorney and a Democratic State Senator representing Idaho's District
• Harry Burgoyne (1996), English footballer
• Hugh Talbot Burgoyne (1833–1870), Irish Royal Naval officer, VC winner and son of John Fox Burgoyne
• Jacqueline Burgoyne (1944–1988), British sociologist and academic
• 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) (1951–2016), New Zealand rugby union player
• Mike Burgoyne (ice hockey) (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
• Mindie Burgoyne, American writer and businessperson
• Montagu Burgoyne (1750–1836), British politician.
• Peter Burgoyne (b. 1978), Australian rules footballer, brother of Shaun Burgoyne
• Peter Bond Burgoyne (1844–1929), English wine merchant
• Shaun Burgoyne (b. 1982), Australian rules footballer, brother of Peter Burgoyne
• Thomas Burgoyne (cricketer, born 1775) (1775–1847), British cricketer
• Thomas Burgoyne (Australian politician) (1827–1920), South Australian politician
• Thomas Henry Burgoyne, secretary and member of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor and author of The Light in Egypt, published in 1889.
• Victoria Burgoyne (b. 1965), British actress
• William Burgoyne Taverner (1879–1958), New Zealand politician

See also

• Burgoyne baronets, from two British baronetcies
• Bourgoin (surname)
• Burgoyne, Ontario for Burgoyne Village

Notes and References

1. Web site: Surname Database: Burgoyne Last Name Origin. 2021-07-20. The Internet Surname Database.