Sir Cornelius Cuyler, 1st Baronet

Sir Cornelius Cuyler, 1st Baronet

General Sir Cornelius Cuyler
Born 31 October 1740
Albany, New York
Died 8 March 1819
St John's Lodge, Welwyn
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank General
Battles/wars French and Indian War
American Revolutionary War
French Revolutionary Wars

General Sir Cornelius Cuyler, 1st Baronet (31 October 1740 - 8 March 1819) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth.

Military career

Cuyler was commissioned as an ensign into the 55th Regiment of Foot in May 1759 during the French and Indian War.[1] He took part in the Battle of Ticonderoga in July 1759 and the Battle of the Thousand Islands in August 1760.[1] He became aide-de-camp to General Sir William Howe in July 1775 and fought at the Battle of Long Island in August 1776, Battle of Brandywine in September 1777 and the Battle of Germantown in October 1777 during the American Revolutionary War before commanding his regiment at the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778.[1] He became became Quartermaster-General in the West Indies in November 1782, Commander-in-chief in the West Indies in November 1792 and then Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth and General Officer Commanding South-West District in January 1796.[2] He became Commander-in-Chief in Portugal in January 1799 during the French Revolutionary Wars.[1] He was promoted to full general in September 1803[3] and created a baronet on 29 October 1814.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Royal Military Calendar". p. 65. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 13855. p. 64. 6 January 1796.
  3. Haydn, Joseph (1851). "The Book of Dignities". p. 320.
  4. "Cuyler of St John's Lodge". Debrett's Baronetage of England. p. 375. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
Military offices
Preceded by
Thomas Trigge
GOC South-West District
1796–1799
Succeeded by
Thomas Murray
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronets
(of St John's Lodge)
1814–1819
Succeeded by
Charles Cuyler
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