British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
Sherbrooke, John Coape
By: Ron McGuigan
Sherbrooke, John Coape (29 April 1764 - 14 February 1830)
Ensign 4th Foot 1780, Lieutenant 4th Foot 1781, Captain 85th Foot*
1783, Half-pay 1783-1784, Captain 33rd Foot 1784, Major 33rd Foot 1793,
Lieutenant Colonel 33rd Foot 1794, Half-pay 1802-1803, Brevet Colonel
1798, Major General 1805, Lieutenant General Peninsula 1809, Lieutenant
General 1811, General 1825.
* disbanded 1783.
Early service: Nova Scotia 1784-1785, Flanders 1794-1795, Cape of Good
Hope 1796, India 1796-1800 and brigade Seringapatam 1799, brigade Hanover
1805, Sicily 1805-1807, Egypt 1807, Sicily 1808.
Portugal & Spain: Commanded a force sent to Spain and Portugal
1809. Second-in-Command Portugal 1809.
Peninsular War: Second-in-Command April 1809 - April 1810: commanded
wing of the army May - June 1809 and 1st Division June 1809 - April
1810. Invalided home due to health 1810.
Other service: Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and Dependencies
1811-1816. Served in War of 1812 in British North America 1812-1815.
Governor-General of British North America 1816-1818. Invalided home
due to ill health 1818.
KB 1809. GCB 1815. Colonel of 4th Reserve [renamed Garrison]
Battalion 1803-1805, Sicilian Regiment 1807-1809, 3rd West India Regiment
1809-1809, 68th Foot 1809-1813, 33rd Foot 1813-1830.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: June 2006
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