William Cuppage (1756 - 1832)

Born Oct 1756 in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland

Died 16 Nov 1832 at age 76 in Shooters Hill, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Education
1768 • Woolwich Military Academy — Cadetship (Nominated by Edmund Burke -a relative)

Military
1772 • Gibraltar — Lieutenant of Royal Artillery involved in Seige of Gibraltar
April 1780 • Sortie from Gibraltar — Conspicuous part in sortie that destroyed the enemy's works
1782 • Gibraltar — Severely wounded in battle & returned home
1782 • Appointed Adjutant of the Battalion of Artillery, which had served in the Siege. The previous Adjutant having been killed there.
1784 • Appointed Captain & aide-de-camp to the Lt-General of Ordnance, Lord Howe, Major in charge of a troop of Horse Artillery.
1796 • Major in charge of Horse Artillery in Kent
1797 • Nore — During Mutiny at Nore, William impressed his General-in-Chief, Sir Charles Grey, with his prudence & judgement and was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel
1798 • Gibraltar — Prepared all plans for the capture of Minorca under Sir Charles Stuart
1798 • Expedition against Ostend — Carried out plans and preparations for the Expedition. George III expressed his high approbation of Col Cuppage
1801 • After the Peace of Amiens, Col Cuppage returned to England
1802 • Kent — Resumed command of Kentish Artillery
1806 • Kent — Inspector-General of the Royal Carriage Department
1808-1809 • Bundelkhand — Lead troops to put the Raja of Panna [Kishor Singh] in possession of all his lands in Bundelkhand, India
1815 • Inspector-general of the Royal Artillery and the Navy

England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: William Cuppage
Spouse: Jane
Child: John Robert Cuppage
Household Members: Jane
William Cuppage
John Robert Cuppage

England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Name: William Cuppage
Death Date: 1832
Burial Date: 16 Nov 1832
Burial Place: Plumstead, Kent, England
FHL Film Number 1469482, Reference ID item 1 p 134

Name: William Cuppage
Age: 77
Record Type: Burial
Birth Date: abt 1756
Death Date: abt 1833
Burial Date: 16 Nov 1833
Burial Place: St Nicholas, Deptford Greenwich, England

England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Name: William Cuppage
Marriage Date: 17 Dec 1792
Marriage Place: Saint Anne Soho, Westminster, London, England
Spouse: Jane Cairnes
FHL Film Number 918595

Kent, England, Extracted Parish Records
Rev Phil Legeyt of the Precincts Cant bach & Jane Cairnes of St Mild Cant minor (Jane Cuppage wife of Colonel Wm C moth & guard in Chancery, fath Major Wm Cairnes decd), at Cath. 08 Apr 1801. Court's appointment of guard attached.
Book Volume 34, Collection Kent, Surrey, London: - Canterbury Marriage Licences, 1781-1809

First Marriage
17 December 1792 • Saint Anne Soho, Westminster, London, England
Widow of Lt-Colonel Cairnes of the 35th Regiment
Jane Heyland (Cairnes) (1760–1832)

Legal Guardianship of Children
08 April 1801 • Canterbury, Kent, England
Jane Cuppage, now wife of Col William Cuppage, formerly Jane Cairnes as wife of the late Major William Cairnes, and Mother of his children, appointed as Legal Guardian of their children

Jane Cuppage nee Cairnes came with three daughters and two sons. By this marriage, which terminated in the lamented death of Mrs. Cuppage in Feb 1832, he had three sons and one daughter: Burke, the eldest son, an office of artillery, who married in Feb 1828, Emily, the second surviving daughter of Sir John and Lady Emily Macleod ; William, a post-captain in the navy {1833}, who lost his leg in a partial action with the French fleet of Toulon, in Dec 1813 ; and John, who died at Penang in 1825, in the civil service of the Hon. E. I. Company; --- the daughter died in infancy. Of Mrs. Cuppage’s sons by her former marriage, the elder, Major Robert Cairnes, of the Horse Artillery, was killed at Waterloo ; and the younger, Capt. James Cairnes, R.N., died suddenly at Newcastle, in February 1831, while employed in the Northern Coast Guard service….^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine. 1833. Part I. London: Published for Henry Colburn by Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.23797

• England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1812
• England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
• England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 FHL Film Number1469482, Reference ID item 1 p 134
• England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 FHL Film Number 918595
• Kent, England, Extracted Parish Records Volume 34
• Collection Kent, Surrey, London: - Canterbury Marriage Licences, 1781-1809
• The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; War Office: Officers' Birth Certificates, Wills and Personal Papers. BRITISH OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES; Class: WO 42; Piece: 011; Piece Description: Piece 011: C. 607-745 (1776-1881)
• Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780 - 1837
• https://books.google.com/books?id=BSkAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA323&lpg=PA323&dq=~genealogy+Burke+Cuppage+London,+England&source=bl&ots=CAb53CQ9Rp&sig=ACfU3U2wWxRwWMZXkDbicyhIFCZiTAURkg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjinoyg_JLnAhWYX80KHVV1AM4Q6AEwAnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=~genealogy%20Burke%20Cuppage%20London%2C%20England&f=false