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The Burgoyne baronetcy, of Sutton in the County of Bedford, was created in the Baronetage of England on 15 July 1641 for John Burgoyne, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1640 and Member of Parliament for Warwickshire between 1645 and 1648.[1]
The 2nd Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire in 1640 and between 1641 and 1648 and for Warwickshire between 1656 and 1658. The 6th Baronet was Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire between 1734 and 1747.[2] The 7th Baronet was a Major-General in the Army. The 9th Baronet was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1852 and a Colonel in the Grenadier Guards. The 10th Baronet was a Lieutenant-General in the Grenadier Guards. The title became extinct on his death in 1921.
The family seats were Sutton Park and Wroxall Priory.
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1902). Complete Baronetage. Vol. II. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 104–105.
- ^ "Burgoyne, Sir Roger, 6th Bt. (1710-80), of Sutton, Beds., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.