Years of service 1812 - 1868 Died 1877 Service/branch British Army Allegiance United Kingdom | Name Burke Cuppage Awards Order of the Bath Rank Lieutenant-general | |
Battles/wars Peninsular War
Battle of Waterloo Battles and wars Peninsular War, Battle of Waterloo | ||
Lieutenant-General Sir Burke Douglas Cuppage KCB (1794–1877) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
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Military career
Cuppage was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1812. He fought in the Peninsular War and at the Battle of Waterloo under the Duke of Wellington. He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1863 and laid the foundation stone for a new Public Asylum there two years later.
Family
In 1828 he married Emily Anne Fouril; they had a son and two daughters.
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