Sir John Coape Sherbrooke

(1764-1830)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sherbrooke, John Coape, Sir, 1764-1830 NRA: Sherbrooke Sir John Coape (1764-1830) Knight General Colonial Governor DNB: Sherbrooke, Sir John Coape (1764-1830), army officer and governor-in-chief of British North America LBT ID: JoSherb1830 VIAF ID: 61408642 LOC ID: nr92020914	B/BAP: 1764-04-29 DIED: 1830-02-14
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
He served under Wellington in the Peninsular Campaign, was lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia during the War of 1812, and was governor-general of Canada (1816-18).
REFERENCES TO Sir John Coape Sherbrooke: Medwin, Thomas, 1788-1869, Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron (London: Henry Colburn, 1824) Byron's fever at Constantinople Found 1: ¶ 2