Ferdinand Brock Tupper (1795 – 1874), was one of the leading historians of the

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Life

Brock Tupper was born in

Guernsey Guernsey ( ; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; ) is the second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes five other inhabited isl ...

in 1795 to parents John Elisha Tupper (shipowner and merchant from Les Cotils and Carrefour in

) and Elizabeth Brock (1767–1847), sister of Sir

Isaac Brock Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (6 October 1769 – 13 October 1812) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey. He is best remembered for his victory at the Siege of Detroit and his death at the Battle of Quee ...

. In 1845, Brock Tupper published ''The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock, KB'', which contains a wealth of information on General Brock and the

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. After a near-mutiny at

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, it was Tupper who reported by letter on the courts-martial (and subsequent executions of several) of the accused to Brock, and evidently corresponded with the General until the latter's death at the

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. Brock Tupper went on to publish ''Chronicles of

Castle Cornet Castle Cornet is a large island castle in Guernsey, and former tidal island, also known as Cornet Rock or Castle Rock. Its importance was as a defence not only of the island, but of the roadstead. In 1859, it became part of one of the breakwat ...

with details of its nine years siege during the civil wars, and frequent notices of the

'' in 1851 and ''History of

and its Bailiwick; with occasional notices of

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'' in 1854. The latter remained the definitive reference work on the history of Guernsey until the publication of ''History of the Bailiwick of Guernsey'' by James Marr in 1982. Brock Tupper married Mary Ann Herbert, and they had two daughters, Henrietta and Emily. He died in 1874 leaving his elder daughter, Henrietta, as his literary

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. According to

Henry Nicholas Paint Henry Nicholas Paint (10 April 1830 – 29 September 1921) was a Canadian politician, shipowner and merchant. Career Henry Paint was the son of Nicholas Paint, JP, by Mary Le Messurier, both of old Guernsey families which had been trading ...

Point Tupper, Nova Scotia Point Tupper (Mi'kmaq language, Mi'kmawi'simk: ''Tui'knek'') is a rural community in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, on the Strait of Canso, in western Cape Breton Island. History Before settlement, the area was known ...

is named after Brock Tupper.

Notes

References

* Marr LJ, ''Guernsey People'', Phillimore, 1984

External links

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Re: Sir Isaac Brock's Brothers

Les Cotils - home of the Tupper family
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