Dictionary of Indian Biography/Cheape, Sir John

by Charles Edward Buckland

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CHEAPE, SIR JOHN (1792–1875)

Son of John Cheape : born in 1792 : educated at Woolwich and Addiscombe : joined the Bengal Engineers in 1809, rose to be Maj-General in 1854 : was under Lord Hastings in the Pindari war, in the Nerbudda Field Force, 1817 : at the siege of Asirghar and in the Burmese war, 1824–6 : was Chief Engineer at the siege of Multan, 1848, and at Gujarat in the Panjab campaign : C.B. : in the second Burmese war of 1852–3, was second in command under General Godwin at first, and later, in 1853, commanded, and took Pegu : the provinces of Pegu and Tenasserim were annexed : K.C.B : A.D.C. to Queen Victoria : retired, 1857 : Colonel Commandant of Engineers, 1862 : G.C.B., 1865 : General, 1866 : died March 30, 1875.