General John Burgoyne (February 241722 - August 4 1792) was a British army officer, politician and dramatist. During the American Revolutionary War, on October 17, 1777, at Saratoga he surrendered his army of 6,000 men. Wikipedia
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John Burgoyne was educated at Westminster School, where he developed an exaggerated classical style and a life-long friendship with LordStrange, son of the wealthy and powerful 11th Earl of Derby. www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35904