His coffin-plate described him as: The Right Honourable John Burgoyne, Lieut. General of His Majesty's Forces, Colonel of the Fourth Regiment of Foot, and one of His Majesty's most honourable Privy ...

He was the only son of Field Marshal Sir John Fox Burgoyne and his wife Charlotte (Rose), and grandson of Lt. General John Burgoyne who fought the Americans at Saratoga and who is buried in the north ...