Augustus Leopold Kuper R.N.
Augustus Leopold Kuper R.N.

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Augustus Leopold Kuper R.N.Explanation
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
16 August 1809 Born
19 June 1837 Married Emma Margaret (1815-1877), eldest daughter of Sir James John Gordon Bremer R.N. (1786-1850)
21 January 1842 C.B. (Companion of the Bath), for service in China
25 February 1864 K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath)
2 June 1869 G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath)
28 October 1885 Died
Kuper Island in the Strait of Georgia, off the east coast of Vancouver Island, is named for him (in 1851-3 he surveyed the area in Thetis).
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'
Obituary in the Times newspaper
 
DateRank
20 February 1830Lieutenant
27 July 1839Commander
8 June 1841Captain
29 July 1861Rear-Admiral
6 April 1866Vice-Admiral
20 October 1872Admiral
30 September 1875Retired Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
21 October 183128 April 1832Lieutenant in Savage, commanded by Commander Lord Edward Russell, Irish station
29 April 183218 December 1834Lieutenant in Nimrod, commanded by Commander Lord Edward Russell then Commander John Macdougall, coasts of Spain and Portugal
22 March 18364 June 1837Lieutenant in Minden, commanded by Alexander Renton Sharpe, Lisbon
12 July 183710 December 1837Lieutenant in Alligator, commanded by James John Gordon Bremer, Australia
11 December 183725 December 1837Lieutenant in Britomart
26 December 183726 July 1839Lieutenant in Alligator, commanded by Captain James John Gordon Bremer, Australia (founding the settlement at Port Essington)
27 July 18393 March 1840Commander in Pelorus, Australia
4 March 18407 June 1841Acting Captain in Alligator, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war)
8 June 184114 June 1841Captain in Alligator, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war)
15 June 184115 March 1843Captain in Calliope, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war)
3 July 18504 February 1854Captain in Thetis (from commissioning at Plymouth), south-east coast of America, then Pacific
28 August 185526 January 1856Captain in London, Mediterranean
8 February 186215 February 1864Commander-in-chief, East Indies and China (including the later stages of British involvement in Taiping rebellion and the Anglo-Japanese hostilities of 1863 - 1864) (flag in Euryalus)

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