John Burgh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1561/2 |
| Died | 1594 (aged about 32) |
| Buried | St. Andrew's Chapel, Westminster Abbey |
| Allegiance | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_England.svg){kind=small} Kingdom of England |
| Service | |
| Rank | Captain |
| Battles/wars | |
Sir John Burgh (1562–1594) was an English military and naval commander and privateer. He took troops from Lincolnshire to serve in the Netherlands in 1585; was subsequently knighted; made governor of Doesburg; and governor of the Briel in early 1588; commanded one of the English regiments which helped Henry IV of France in 1589–90, and was knighted on the field at Ivry in 1590; finally commanded the squadron which captured the great Spanish treasure-ship off the Azores in 1592, and was killed in a duel respecting the plunder.