Lieutenant-General Sir Burke Douglas Cuppage (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.The Waterloo Roll by Charles Dalton He fought in the Peninsular War and at the Battle of Waterloo under the Duke of Wellington.Grace & Favour, p.45 Historic Royal Palaces He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1863World Leaders Index and laid the foundation stone for a new Public Asylum there two years later.Societe Jersiaise
Family In 1828 he married Emily Anne Fouril;Blackwood's Magazine they had a sonCaptain Burke Cuppage and two daughters.Bonhams
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