Sir Roger Burgoyne, 2nd Baronet (1618 – 16 September 1677) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1641 and 1656. Burgoyne was the son of Sir John Burgoyne, 1st Baronet of

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, and Wroxall, Warwickshire, and his wife Jane Kempe, daughter of Julius Kempe, of Spains Hall, Finchingfield, Essex. William Betham
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/ref> He was baptised at Wroxall on 10 March 1618. He was admitted at

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on 22 October 1634 and admitted at

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on 11 November 1637. In 1641, Burgoyne was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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after the sitting MP was raised to the House of Lords. He was knighted on 18 July 1641Knights of England
/ref> He sat in parliament until 1648 when he was excluded under

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. In 1656 he was elected MP for

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in the

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. Burgoyne succeeded to the

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on the death of his father in 1657. He presented

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, later

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, to the rectory of Sutton, where Stillingfleet wrote his Originas Sacra, when he was a young man. Burgoyne was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1661. Burgoyne died at the age of 59 and was buried in Sutton church. Burgoyne married Anne Snelling, daughter of Charles Snelling, merchant of London, by whom he had several children. He married secondly Anne Robinson, daughter of John Robinson, of Dighton, Yorkshire, by whom he had further children. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burgoyne, Roger 1618 births 1677 deaths High sheriffs of Bedfordshire Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1640–1648 English MPs 1656–1658 People from Sutton, Bedfordshire