Sir Roger Burgoyne, 6th Baronet
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Sir Roger Burgoyne, 6th Baronet (1710 – 1780), of
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 ...
, was an English landowner and Whig politician who sat in the
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from 1735 to 1747. Burgoyne was baptized on 23 April 1710, the second son of Sir Roger Burgoyne, 4th Baronet, of Wroxall, Warwickshire and Sutton, Bedfordshire, and his wife Constance Middleton, daughter of Sir Thomas Middleton, MP of Stanstead Mountfitchet, Essex. He succeeded his elder brother to the
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in July 1711. He was educated at
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in 1725 and was at
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from 1727 to 1730. Burgoyne was returned as a Whig Member of Parliament for
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at a by-election on 26 February 1735. He supported the Administration until 1739, when he voted against the Spanish Convention. He then voted generally with the Opposition. He was returned as MP for Bedfordshire at the
1741 British general election The 1741 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw suppo ...
. He then changed sides, probably under the influence of his brother-in-law, Lord Halifax, and was classed as a ‘New Ally’ in 1746. He did not stand at the
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. Burgoyne married Lady Frances Montagu, daughter of
George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (also spelt George Montague) (9 May 1739), of Horton, Northamptonshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1705 to 1715 when he became a peer. Early life Montagu was the son of ...
, MP, on 1 January 1739. He was appointed Commissioner of the Victualling Board in 1752 and occupied the post for the rest of his life. He died on 31 December 1780, leaving two sons and three daughters, including: * Sir John Burgoyne, 7th Baronet (1739–1785) *Frances Burgoyne (b. 15 September 1740)''The Third Register Book of the Parish of St James in the Liberty of Westminster For Births & Baptisms. 1723-1741''. 6 October 1740.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burgoyne, Roger 1710 births 1780 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge People from Sutton, Bedfordshire Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747