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See also:BURGOYNE, See also:SIR See also:JOHN See also:FOX , See also:Bart. (1782-1871), See also:British See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field See also:marshal, was an illegitimate son of See also:General John Burgoyne (q.v.). He was educated at See also:Eton and See also:Woolwich, obtained his See also:commission in 1798, and served in 1800 in the Mediterranean. In 18o5, when serving on the See also:staff of General Fox in See also:Sicily, he was promoted second See also:captain. He accompanied the unfortunate See also:Egyptian expedition of 1807, and was with Sir John See also:Moore in See also:Sweden in 18o8 and in See also:Portugal in 1808-6, In the See also:Corunna See also:campaign Burgoyne held the very respcnsible position of See also:chief of , See also:engineers with the See also:rear-guard of the British See also:army (see See also:PENINSULAR See also:WAR). He was with See also:Wellesley at the See also:Douro in 1809, and was promoted captain in the same See also:year, after which he was engaged in the construction of the lines of Torres Vedras in 181o. He blew up Fort See also:Concepcion on the See also:river Turones, and was See also:present at Busaco and Torres Vedras. In 1811 he was employed in the unsuccessful See also:siege of See also:Badajoz, and in 1812 he won successively the brevets of See also:major and See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel, for his skilful performance of engineer duties at the historic sieges of See also:Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz. He was present in the same year (1812) at the siege and See also:battle of See also:Salamanca, and after the battle of See also:Vittoria in 1813 he became commanding, engineer on See also:Lord See also:Wellington's staff. At the See also:close of the war he received the C.B., a See also:reward which, he justly considered, was not commensurate with his services. In 1814–1815 he served at New See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans and See also:Mobile. Burgoyne was largely employed, during the See also:long See also:peace which followed See also:Waterloo, in other public duties as well as military See also:work. He sat on numerous commissions, and served for fifteen years as chairman of the Irish See also:board of public See also:works. He became a major-general and K.C.B. in 1838, and inspector-general of fortifications in 1845. In 1851 he was promoted lieutenant-general,'and in the following year received the G.C.B. When the See also:Crimean War See also:broke out he accompanied Lord See also:Raglan's headquarters to the See also:East, superintended the disembarkation at Old Fort, and was in effect the See also:principal engineer adviser to the See also:English See also:commander during the first See also:part of the siege of
See also:Sevastopol. He was recalled See also:early in 1855, and though he was at first bitterly criticized by the public for his part in the earlier and unsuccessful operations against the fortress the See also:wisdom of his See also:advice was ultimately recognized. In 1856 he was created a See also:baronet, and promoted to the full See also:rank of general. In 1858 he was present at the second funeral of See also:Napoleon I. as See also:Queen See also:Victoria's representative, and in 1865 he was made See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
constable of the See also:Tower of See also:London. Three years later, on resigning his See also:post as inspector-general of fortifications, he was made a field marshal. See also:Parliament granted him, at the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, a See also:pension of £1500. He died on the 7th of See also:October x871, a year after the tragic See also:death of his only son, Captain See also:Hugh See also:Talbot Burgoyne, V.C. (1833-1870), who was in command of H.M.S. " Captain" when that See also:vessel went down in the See also:Bay of See also:Biscay (See also:September
7, 1870).
See See also:Life and See also:Correspondence of F.M. Sir John Fox ' Burgoyne (edited by Lt.-See also:Col. Hon. - G. Wrottesley, R.E., London, 1873); Sir See also:Francis See also:Head, A See also:Sketch of the Life and Death of F.M. Sir John Burgoyne (London, 1872) ; Military Opinions of General Sir John Burgoyne (ed.
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