There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Burgoyne family, one in the

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and one in the

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. Both creations are extinct. The Burgoyne Baronetcy, of Sutton in the County of Bedford, was created in the Baronetage of England on 15 July 1641 for

John Burgoyne General John Burgoyne (24 February 1722 – 4 August 1792) was a British general, dramatist and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1792. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several batt ...

Sutton, Bedfordshire Sutton is a rural village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It lies east of Bedford. At the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census, its population was 299. Main features ...

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in 1640 and

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for

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between 1645 and 1648. The Burgoyne family who descended from a Burgundian French soldier in the service of the English crown during the

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, had acquired the two manors of Sutton in 1529 and 1544. Robert Burgoyne (d. 1545), the great-grandfather of the first Baronet, was one of the King's Commissioners for the Dissolution of the Monasteries and in 1544 he was granted the lands of the dissolved Priory of Wroxall by

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. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for

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in 1640 and between 1641 and 1648 and for

between 1656 and 1658. The sixth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire between 1734 and 1747. The seventh Baronet was a

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in the Army. The ninth Baronet was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire 1852 and a Colonel in the

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. The tenth Baronet was a

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in the Grenadier Guards. The title became extinct on his death in 1921. In his will, Walter Parrott attempted to continue the memory of the baronetage by having Tim Spencer Cox change his name to Walter Tim Spencer Parrott and use the family crest and coat of arms of the Burgoyne family "interspersed" with Parrott's. This was unsuccessful. The family seats were Sutton Park and Wroxall Priory. The Burgoyne Baronetcy, of the Army, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1856 for

. He was the son of General

. The title became extinct on Burgoyne's death in 1871.

Burgoyne baronets, of Sutton (1642)

Sir John Burgoyne, 1st Baronet Sir John Burgoyne, 1st Baronet (c. 1592–1657) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1645 to 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War. Burgoyne was the son of Roger Burgoyne, of Sutton, B ...

(1581–1657) *

Sir Roger Burgoyne, 2nd Baronet Sir Roger Burgoyne, 2nd Baronet (1618 – 16 September 1677) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1641 and 1656. Burgoyne was the son of Sir John Burgoyne, 1st Baronet of Sutton, Bedfordshire, and Wr ...

(1618–1677) * Sir John Burgoyne, 3rd Baronet (–1709) * Sir Roger Burgoyne, 4th Baronet (died 1716) * Sir John Burgoyne, 5th Baronet (c. 1705–1716) *

Sir Roger Burgoyne, 6th Baronet Sir Roger Burgoyne, 6th Baronet (1710 – 1780), of Sutton, Bedfordshire, was an English landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1735 to 1747. Burgoyne was baptized on 23 April 1710, the second son of Sir Roger Burgoyne, ...

(1710–1780) * Sir John Burgoyne, 7th Baronet (1739–1785) * Sir Montagu Roger Burgoyne, 8th Baronet (1773–1817) * Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, 9th Baronet (1796–1858) * Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, 10th Baronet (1832–1921)

Burgoyne baronets, of the Army (1856)

* Sir John Fox Burgoyne, 1st Baronet (1782–1871)

References

The Peerage website
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