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

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

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

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