Thomas Burgoyne (Australian politician)

Thomas Burgoyne (10 June 1827 – 23 March 1920) was a builder and politician in the early days of the colony of South Australia.

Burgoyne was born at Goab Farm (now, "The Gobe"), in the parish of Glaestrae (now, Gladestry), Radnorshire, Wales.

[1][2] He set up business as a builder in Grote Street, but in 1852 joined the gold rush to Victoria.

[4] He had a reputation in Parliament as a logical, sound and persuasive debater, with great faith in the future of South Australia.

[3] His first marriage was to Jane Lewis (c. 1827) in England, on 19 August 1848, which resulted in eleven children and ended in divorce in 1871.