John Burgoyne
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British general and playwright, defeated in the 1777 Saratoga campaign
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, General John Burgoyne 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 battles, most notably during the Portugal campaign of 1762.
