Robert Sloper

General Sir Robert Sloper KB
Born	8 May 1729 (1729-05-08)
Died	18 August 1802(1802-08-18) (aged 73)
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Branch	British Army
Rank	General
Commands	Indian Army
Conflicts	Second Anglo-Mysore WarThird Anglo-Mysore War
Awards	Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath

GeneralSir Robert SloperKB (8 May 1729 – 18 August 1802) was Commander-in-Chief, India.

Military career

Educated privately at Bishops Cannings in Wiltshire, Sloper was commissioned into the 10th Dragoons being promoted to major in 1755.^[1] He was appointed commanding officer of 1st King's Dragoon Guards in 1759 and subsequently saw service in Flanders and Germany.^[1] He was appointed Governor of Hurst Castle in 1767.^[2]

In 1778 he was deployed to Ireland and from 1779 he was sent to India seeing service in the Second Anglo-Mysore War as well as the Third Anglo-Mysore War.^[1] In 1785 he became Acting Commander-in-Chief in Madras and from July 1785 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, India.^[1] In May 1788 he was invested KB and appointed Governor of Duncannon Fort in 1795. He was promoted to full general in 1796.^[1]

He lived at West Woodhay House at West Woodhay in Berkshire and is buried at St. Martin's Church in East Woodhay in Hampshire.^[3]

Family

He was married to Jane Willis with whom he had six sons and four daughters.^[4]

References

1. Biographies of People who worked in British India by Tom and Wendy Dailly
2. Beatson, Robert. A Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain & Ireland; Or ..., Volume 2. p. 165.
3. Humphreys Family Tree
4. Notes & Queries Oxford Journals, 1947

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