The Couper Baronetcy is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 June 1841 for George Couper. He was a Colonel

Colonel

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 in the Army and fought in the Peninsular War

Peninsular War

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, served as Military Secretary to the Governor Generals of Canada

Governor General of Canada

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, Sir James Kempt

James Kempt

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 and Lord Durham

John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham

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, and was Comptroller of the Household and Equerry to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

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. The second Baronet was an administrator in India

India

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 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

General

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 in the Army.

The family surname is pronounced "Cooper".

Couper Baronets (1841)

• Sir George Couper, 1st Baronet (1788-1861)
• Sir George Ebenezer Wilson Couper, 2nd Baronet
  Sir George Couper, 2nd Baronet
  Sir George Ebenezer Wilson Couper, 2nd Baronet was a British civil servant in India.From 26 July 1876 to 15 February 1877 he held position of Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces....
  
  (1824-1908)
• Sir Ramsay George Henry Couper, 3rd Baronet (1855-1949)
• Sir Guy Couper, 4th Baronet (1889-1973)
• Sir George Robert Cecil Couper, 5th Baronet (1898-1975)
• Sir (Robert) Nicholas Oliver Couper, 6th Baronet (1945-2002)
• Sir James George Couper, 7th Baronet (b. 1977)