Education
Studied at Kelly College, Tavistock. Montpellier University, France. Queen’s College, Oxford.
Studied at Kelly College, Tavistock. Montpellier University, France. Queen’s College, Oxford.
Contested Conservative King’s Lynn, 1900. Joined firm of P. B. Burgoyne & Company, of which he has been a director since 1901. Has travelled extensively in Australasia, New Guinea, Java, Siam and Shan States, China and Manchuria, Japan, Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America, Morocco, and Europe.
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Honourable Treasurer of the Navy League. Honourable Secretary of 1900 Club.
Member of Naval and Military Committee of London Chamber of Commerce. Arrested at Port Arthur by the Russians and'imprisoned on a false charge of spying, 1903. Has lectured at the United Service Institution, Whitehall. Member of Parliament (Unionist, Imperialist, and Tariff Reformer), Kensington, N., since 1910; 3rd son of Peter Bond Burgoyne of Broadlands, Ascot, Berkshire., and Rutherglen, Victoria.
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Clubs: Carlton, United Empire, Constitutional, City Carlton, Royal Societies, Yorick, Aero, etc.
Club; member of Naval and Military Committee of London Chamber of Commerce; arrested at Port Arthur by the Russians and'imprisoned on a false charge of spying, 1903; has lectured at the United Service Institution, Whitehall. Publications: A Short History of Submarine Navigation, 1902; Submarine Navigation, Past and Present (2 vols.), 1903; Trafalgar Refought (with Sir W. Laird-Clowes), 1905; The War Inevitable, 190S; founded the Navy League Annual, 1907; edited it, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910; numerous articles on travel and nautical subjects, aeronautics, politics, and science in magazines and papers; regular contributor to technical press on naval subjects. Recreations: physical exercises, self-defence, travel, collecting old English china and naval books. Address: 25 Linden Gardens. W. T.A.: Burgoyne, London. T. : 5070 Western. Clubs: Carlton, United Empire, Constitutional, City Carlton, Royal Societies, Yorick, Aero, etc.
Spouse 1906, Irene Victoria Eason, 2nddaughter of E. Macdonald (Banker).
