Erection date: 1954
General John Burgoyne, 1722 - 1792, lived and died here.
London County Council
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography gives his birth year as 1723.
W1, Hertford Street, 10
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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General John Burgoyne
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