John Coape Sherbrooke

General

Sir John Coape Sherbrooke

GCB
General; Sir John Coape Sherbrooke; GCB
	Sir John Sherbrooke by Robert Field, The Halifax Club
Born	29 April 1764; Oxton, Nottinghamshire
Died	14 February 1830 (aged 65); Calverton, Nottinghamshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Service years	1780–1818
Rank	General
Conflicts	American Revolutionary War; French Revolutionary Wars Flanders campaign; Battle of Boxtel; ; Fourth Anglo-Mysore War Siege of Seringapatam; ; Napoleonic Wars Hanover Expedition; Peninsular War Second Battle of Porto; Battle of Talavera; ; ; War of 1812 Battle of Hampden; ;
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Spouse	Katherina Pyndar (m. 1811–1830)

General Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, GCB (29 April 1764 – 14 February 1830) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. After serving in the British army in Nova Scotia, the Netherlands, India, the Mediterranean (including Sicily), and Spain, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia in 1811. During the War of 1812, his policies and victory in the conquest of present-day Maine, renaming it the colony of New Ireland, led to significant prosperity in Nova Scotia.