Nicholas Nepean
(1757-1823) marine and army officer
About Nicholas Nepean
Lived 1757 – 1823 (aged 65–66).
Nicholas Nepean (1757 – 18 December 1823) was a British Army officer and colonial official in Nova Scotia in the early 19th century.
Born in Saltash, Cornwall, in 1757, he joined the Royal Marines in 1776 Nepean served with the British Army after 1789 with the New South Wales Corps and then with the 93rd Regiment in 1794 where he was deployed to Ireland (1795–96), Gibraltar (1802–03) and Canada (1807-1812).
Nepean was appointed acting civil administrator of Cape Breton Island in 1807 to replace the unpopular John Despard,
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(1757-1823) marine and army officer
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