John Coape Sherbrooke

Sir John Coape Sherbrooke
Sir John Sherbrooke by Robert Field, The Halifax Club
Born	29 April 1764 Oxton, Nottinghamshire
Died	14 February 1830 (aged 65) Calverton, Nottinghamshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1780-1818
Rank	General
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary War Flanders campaign Battle of Boxtel Fourth Anglo-Mysore War Siege of Seringapatam Napoleonic Wars Hanover Expedition Peninsular War Second Battle of Porto Battle of Talavera War of 1812 Battle of Hampden
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Spouse(s)	Katherina Pyndar (m. 1811–1830)

General Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, GCB (29 April 1764 – 14 February 1830) was a British soldier and colonial administrator. After serving in the British army in Nova Scotia, the Netherlands, India, the Mediterranean (including Sicily), and Spain, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia in 1811. During the War of 1812, his policies and victory in the conquest of present-day Maine, renaming it the colony of New Ireland, led to significant prosperity in Nova Scotia.