Field Marshal Sir John Fox Burgoyne, 1st Baronet, GCB (24 July 1782 – 7 October 1871) was a British Army officer.

[3] Promoted to lieutenant on 1 July 1800,[4] he took part in the Siege of Malta in Autumn 1800 during the French Revolutionary Wars before becoming aide-de-camp to General Henry Fox.

[2] Promoted again, this time to second captain on 18 March 1805,[5] he took part in the capture of Alexandria in February 1807 and the subsequent occupation of Rosetta in April 1807.

[9] In 1826 he accompanied General Henry Clinton on a mission to Portugal to support the constitutional government against the absolutist forces of Dom Miguel.

[9] He became garrison engineer at Portsmouth in 1828 and, having been promoted to brevet colonel on 22 July 1830, became chairman of the Board of Public Works in Ireland.

[9] Appointed an official advisor to Lord Raglan, he advocated the Bay of Kalamita as the point of disembarkation for allied forces and recommended skirting Sevastopol to the east to facilitate a siege from the south side rather than a coup de main, so consigning the allied forces to a winter in the field in 1854.

[9] He became colonel commandant of the Royal Engineers on 22 November 1854[15] and, following his recall to England in February 1855, he was promoted to full general on 5 September 1855.