Burke Cuppage

Lieutenant-General Sir Burke Douglas Cuppage KCB (1794 – 19 April 1877) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

Sir Burke Cuppage
Burke Cuppage, with autograph (Rijksmuseum)
Born1794
Charlton, Kent, England[1]
Died19 April 1877[2]
Kensington, London, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1812–1868
RankLieutenant-General
Battles/warsPeninsular War
Battle of Waterloo
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Cuppage was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1812.[3] He fought in the Peninsular War and at the Battle of Waterloo under the Duke of Wellington.[4] He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1863[5] and laid the foundation stone for a new Public Asylum there two years later.[6]

Family

In 1828 he married Emily Anne Fouril;[4][7] they had a son[8] and two daughters.[9]

References
  1. 1871 England Census
  2. "Deaths". The Belfast Newsletter. p. 1. 23 April 1877
  3. The Waterloo Roll by Charles Dalton
  4. Grace & Favour, p.45 Archived 20 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Historic Royal Palaces
  5. World Leaders Index
  6. Societe Jersiaise
  7. Blackwood's Magazine
  8. Captain Burke Cuppage
  9. Bonhams Archived 23 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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