John Cheape
British India
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Life
The son of John Cheape of Rossie,
Asirgarh. He was promoted captain on 1 March 1821.[1]
In 1824 Cheape was ordered to
Second Anglo-Sikh War. Gough mentioned his services in his despatches, and Cheape was made a C.B. in the 1838 Coronation Honours[2] and an aide-de-camp to the queen.[1]
When the
Tenasserim annexed to the territories of the East India Company.[1]
Cheape was made a K.C.B. in 1849,[3] received a medal and clasp and was promoted to major-general on 20 June 1854.[4] He then left India after a service of 46 years. He established himself in the Isle of Wight. Promoted lieutenant-general on 24 May 1859, and general on 6 December 1866, and made a G.C.B. in 1865.[5] He died at Old Park, Ventnor, on 30 March 1875.[1]
Family
Cheape married in 1835 Amelia, daughter of T. Chicheley Plowden of the Bengal civil service.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "No. 19638". The London Gazette. 20 July 1838. p. 1661.
- ^ "No. 5865". The Edinburgh Gazette. 12 June 1849. p. 569.
- ^ "No. 21564". The London Gazette. 22 June 1854. p. 1940.
- ^ "No. 22952". The London Gazette. 28 March 1865. p. 1730.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Cheape, John". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.