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| Sir John Fox Burgoyne | |||
| Eldest of four illegitimate children of Lieutenant-General the Right Hon John Burgoyne. | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Event | |
| 24 July 1782 | Born. | ||
| 19 October 1796 | Entered Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. | ||
| 29 August 1798 | Gazetted to Royal Engineers. | ||
| July 1800 | Lieutenant. | ||
| March 1805 | 2nd Captain. | ||
| 1808 | 1813 | Served with Sir John Moore and with Wellesley in the Peninsula. | |
| July 1809 | Captain. | ||
| January 1812 | Major. | ||
| March 1812 | Lt Col. | ||
| 1813 | 1815 | Served in America (New Orleans and Fort Bowyer). | |
| 1815 | 1818 | Commanded Royal Engineers in army of occupation in France. | |
| 1821 | 1826 | Commanded Royal Engineers at Chatham. | |
| 1826 | Served with Sir William Clinton in Portugal. | ||
| 1828 | 1831 | Commanded Royal Engineers at Portsmouth. | |
| 1831 | 1846 | Chairman, Board of Public Works, Ireland. | |
| 28 June 1838 | Major-General. | ||
| 19 July 1838 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath). | ||
| 1845 | 1868 | Inspector-General of Fortifications. | |
| 1847 | Chairman, Relief Commission ('Soup Kitchen Act', Feb 1847). | ||
| 11 November 1851 | Lieutenant-General. | ||
| 6 April 1852 | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) | ||
| 1853 | 1855 | Advised Lord Raglan during Crimean campaign. | |
| November 1854 | Colonel-commandant, Royal Engineers. | ||
| 5 September 1855 | General. | ||
| 1856 | Baronet. | ||
| 1865 | Constable of the Tower of London. | ||
| 7 January 1868 | Field-Marschal. | ||
| 7 October 1871 | Died. | ||
| His only son, Captain Hugh Talbot Burgoyne R.N., who had been one of the first recipients of the Victoria cross, was lost in Captain when she foundered under his command in the Bay of Biscay, 6 Sep 1870. | |||
| Literature: (DNB). | |||
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