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Hugh Burgoyne
Captain Hugh Talbot Burgoyne VC RN (17 July 1833 – 7 September 1870) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross. Born in Dublin, he was the son of John Fox Burgoyne and the grandson of John Burgoyne.
Burgoyne was a 21-year-old Royal Navy lieutenant, serving in the Crimean War when he performed the following deed for which he was awarded the VC.
==Details==
On 29 May 1855, in the Sea of Azov, Crimea, Lieutenant Burgoyne of HMS ''Swallow'', with Lieutenant Cecil William Buckley from HMS ''Miranda'' and Gunner John Robarts from HMS ''Ardent'', volunteered to land at a beach where the Russian army were in strength. They were out of covering gunshot range of the ships offshore and met considerable enemy opposition, but managed to set fire to corn stores and ammunition dumps and destroy enemy equipment before embarking again.
Burgoyne was Commander on HMS ''Ganges'' under Captain John Fulford during that vessel's service in the waters of the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia during the fledgling years of the latter colony's establishment. "When the American merchant ship ''Northern Eagle'' was burned in Esquimalt Harbour, Captain Burgoyne was highly commended for his efforts to save everything possible from the burning ship. Seamen from the ''Ganges'', ''Pylades'', ''Tribune'', and ''Plumper'' also assisted."〔(Canadian Geographical Names Database, quoted in the British Columbia Geographical Names Database listing "Burgoyne Bay" )〕
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