Couper baronets

Couper baronets
Couper baronets
	Escutcheon of the Couper baronets
Creation date	1841
Status	extant
Motto	Virtute , By valour

The Couper Baronetcy is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom . ^[3] It was created on 23 June 1841 for George Couper. He was a colonel in the Army and fought in the Peninsular War , served as Military Secretary to the Governor Generals of Canada , Sir James Kempt and Lord Durham , and was Comptroller of the Household and Equerry to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent . The second Baronet was an administrator in India and served as Governor of the North-West Provinces between 1877 and 1882. Another member of the family to gain distinction was James Kempt Couper, second son of the first Baronet. He was a general in the Army.

The family surname is pronounced "Cooper".

Couper baronets (1841) [ edit ]

Sir George Couper, KH , CB , 1st Baronet (1788?1861) ^[4]
Sir George Ebenezer Wilson Couper , KCSI , CB , CIE , 2nd Baronet (1824?1908) ^[5]
Sir Ramsay George Henry Couper, 3rd Baronet (1855?1949) ^[6]
Sir Guy Couper, 4th Baronet (1889?1973) ^[7]
Sir George Robert Cecil Couper, 5th Baronet (1898?1975) ^[8]
Sir (Robert) Nicholas Oliver Couper, 6th Baronet (1945?2002) ^[9]
Sir James George Couper, 7th Baronet (born 1977) ^[10]

The heir presumptive to the baronetcy is Jonathan Every Couper (born 1931). ^[10] He is a great-grandson of the 2nd Baronet.

^ ^a ^b Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage . London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. p. B275. ISBN 033354577X .
^ "Official Roll" . The Standing Council of the Baronetage . Retrieved 16 July 2022 .
^ "No. 19976" . The London Gazette . 7 May 1841. p. 1164.
^ Foster, Joseph (1881). The Baronetage and Knightage . Nichols and Sons. p. 148.
^ "Couper, Sir George Ebenezer Wilson" . Who's Who . A & C Black . Retrieved 16 July 2022 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Couper, Sir Ramsay George Henry" . Who's Who . A & C Black . Retrieved 16 July 2022 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Couper, Sir Guy" . Who's Who . A & C Black . Retrieved 16 July 2022 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Couper, Sir George Robert Cecil" . Who's Who . A & C Black . Retrieved 16 July 2022 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Couper, Sir (Robert) Nicholas (Oliver)" . Who's Who . A & C Black . Retrieved 16 July 2022 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ ^a ^b "Couper, Sir James George" . Who's Who . A & C Black . Retrieved 16 July 2022 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)