Talk:Philip Dottin Souper

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William Henry Souper

His dates are given as (1774–c.1834) in Soldiers of the Armée de Condé who joined the British Army in 1801 Part 1 – Officers and men who joined the Chasseurs Britanniques Regiment. Mercenaries of the Napoleonic Wars p.34 states that William Souper was paymaster and surgeon. Charles Matthews (talk) 06:51, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Souper was in Sicily with the Chasseurs. A mention of "Mr. Souper" occurs in Wellington's dispatches in 1811.[1] Charles Matthews (talk) 06:55, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A family history page suggests that William Henry Souper was the illegimate son of a William Souper. This is a possible reason why a William Souper was the first to be buried, in 1819, in a cemetery reserved for Governors of Trinidad.[2] In other words, Philip Dottin Souper would have good reason to have his grandfather honoured. Charles Matthews (talk) 11:23, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[3] from 1821 mentions on p. 225 a pension for W. H. Souper as Deputy Commissary in the Leeward Islands. The possible significance of Harwich is that Roberto Souper Howard was born in Harwich, in 1818 according to one source. Charles Matthews (talk) 12:21, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]