William Henry Souper m.Amelia Ann Reinagle (c1777-1859) 3 Oct 1797, St Mary, Marylebone Rd, St Marylebone, Lon : (in Pallot's Marriage Index) : William Henry Souper 'son of Mrs Souper illeg.' b.21 Oct 1775, St Michael* ['illegitimate'? but speculate possibly 'illegible'?]; (but alternatively WHS 'b.1775 Barbados, Caribbean to William Souper & Barbara Redman's public tree, ancestry.com & myheritage.com)
: Amelia Anne Souper, nee Reinagle 1802 portrait [right] by her brother, Ramsay Richard Reinagle (1775-1862) wiki; from artnet.com : Amelia Ann Reinagle (c1777-1859) parents Philip Reinagle (1749-) & Jane (Austin) (1750-)
- Katherine Woodford Souper bapt 17 Jul 1798 St Michael, Barbados : to William & Amelia : [ Sir Ralph Woodford governor of Trinidad early 1800's] : [a Woodford Souper bpt.c1881 to Rev Francis Souper of Devon]
- William Henry Souper b.16 Mar 1800, bpt [1 Sept or] 1 Oct 1800 Old Church, St Pancras : to William Henry Souper & Amelia source
- Rous Dotten Souper bapt 31 Mar 1802 St Mary, St Marylebone Rd, St Marylebone, Lon : to William & Amelia : [could this be Phillip Dottin Souper of Trinidad & Tobago who had children c1836 in London?] : seems Rous can be 50:50 male & female see? (??a Capt Henry James Rous of RN mapping Australia 1823) : [a Dotten family in Barbados bef.1800 source]
- John Cadogan Souper, bapt.15 Oct 1804 Vittoriosa, Malta & ... [Cadogan's were an old Barbados family source
- George Frederick Souper 19 Jan 1806 Vittoriosa, Malta, [2 sons of William Henry Souper Inspector of the Chasseurs Brittannique m.Amelie Ann Souper]
- Matilda Souper b.cFeb 1814 William Henry Souper esq, his lady, of a dau; at Lymington, Hants; paymaster of the foriegn depot Monthly Mag Feb 1814 [he had 6 children at trial Apr 1814]; 'Matilda added from m. of 'youngest dau' to James Ctichton esq MD, Colonial Surgeon at Perth 6 Sep 1842 source West Australian Journal 10 Sep
- Edward Caleb Souper b.6 Aug 1821 bpt.26 Aug at Brages, [Bruge], Netherlands to William Henry Souper & Amelia Ann [late? parents 46 & 44]; 1842 council clerk, Perth; m.Elizabeth Bennison 1844 Perth, Aust; d.1891, Steyning, Sx; age 69
: William Henry Souper served originally with Royal Scots (or 1st Regt of Foot as it then was) but was transferred early in his career to the Chasseurs Brittaniques (inc as paymaster in recruiting offices), a group of French emigres serving with the British army. Seems could not afford a fashionable regiments. His promotion after the duel was not by purchase. Posting to the York Chasseurs perhaps a disappointment. Movements of Chasseurs Brittaniques match W H Souper's own movements from*
1786 : W H Souper suscribed to a political book 'The Monitor' pub.Lon.1786 [??if age 11; a 2nd W H Souper] googlebooks
1795 : joined army; served 'nearly 20y' Aug 1814
1797 : Lieut William Henry Souper from the 1st Foot, to be Lieut, Major General Myer's Regiment, 'vice Arnott, who exchanges' London Gazette 30 Sep; ['Raised 1795 as Myers Regiment of Foot, recruiting free-born blacks & slaves in West Indies; Part of British Army, not popular choice for officers, but commission without purchase' source; in 1795 it was deployed in St Vincent.]
1797 : W H Souper appointed Deputy Commissary by 4 Oct 1797 by His Majesty, by Commission; salary £365 from the public; Had been paid to individual Parliament paers
1798 296 On list of Officers of the Army source
1806 : [too old - relative?] W H Souper Leeward Islands Salary £229 5s 11d, less £29 5s 11d poundage deducted; Net Reciept £200; In list of Deputy Commissaries, suppressed 1798; paid for year 1806 from the office of Muster Master General; p.66 Red Book pub.1810 googlebooks
1808 : W H Souper & H des Forges, paymasters at Taormina & Messina, Sicily. Regiment of Chasseurs Britanniques. Account book 1808-10 : National Archives & : [connection? a Mr J Souper officer in charge of the Commissariat department, Boar War]
1811 : a letter from Isla de Leon, Siege of Cadiz, mentioning Portugal & Sicily, requests an attached letter be forwarded to Mr Souper, Chasseurs Britanniques 'as it contains a melancholy account of his family there' source 6 Feb
1813 : W H Souper 10 Jun 13; placed on half pay 16 Oct 1817 from Officers in Army 1833 p.526 source
1814 : Capt Souper fought a duel, Hampshire, on Pennington Common, Lymington, 15 Apr 1814, it left Lieut Dieterich mortally wounded. The Capt arrested & charged with murder, later reprieved, but public outcry meant dueling banned in British Army. [Chasseurs Britanniques about to be disbanded in nearby Lymington source]
1814 : William Henry Souper tried in Hampshire Summer Sessions 1814, crime murder; sentence, death
1814 : Capt Sooper Winchester Assizes for killing an opponent in a duel, c1815, when the Government was clamping down on duelling. Sooper had a wife & children & expected acquittal or short imprisonment, but the jury returned 'Guilty of Murder'. Sooper feinted, he apologized, saying he had no fear death having been in battle & faced the West Indies climate. He argued, had he not vindicated his honor, he would loose his commission. 'Am I to get led to execution like the vilest felon'. Justice Dampier sympathised & passed sentence (& he was ultimately pardoned): Autobiography of William Jerdan, pub.1853
1814 : Souper said the other was the aggressor, publicly insulting him; if he'd not offered a duel he would loose his commission, the Judge Dampier was tearful at his speech Lymington History p.273-7; The County Militia assembled there once a year
1814 : adds after Duterich fired, Souper shot him though the hip into the spine; Several gentlemen of respectability gave him excellent character for mildness of temper & peaceable disposition; Judge said in a dual involving death, all principles & seconds involved are guilty of willful murder in cold blood source The prisoner fell backwards in a fit. On recovering he addressed the judge in pathetic manner, He feignted not from fear of death but of being stigmatized as a felon. His wife & 6 children could only behold him with abhorance; He'd intended his sons would follow his profession, but now his hopes blasted, his future destiny a matter of indifference to him. source
1814 : Souper's execution respited till 27 Aug New Monthly Mag
1814 : Apeal, from Winchester Summer Assizes conviction, 5 petitions for W H Souper paymaster at foreign military depot, Lymington, nearly 20y army service; 21 officers of Reg of 'Chasseurs Britanniques' [Independent Companies of Foreigners]; 33 of Lymington inhabitants; 35 officers resident at the foreign military depot, Lymington; 36 officers resident at foreign military depot, Lymington; [in evidence; letter from prisoner's sister, Mrs Alshed; witness post-chaise driver; Recommended, Mercy 4 Aug nationalarchives]
1815 : gent to be Ensign, York Chasseurs, dated 4 May thegazette.co.uk; Still 1 of 13 ensigns & 31 officers on regimental list; Jamaica Almanac 1817
1815 : assume WHS... Souper family mentioned in letter from novelist Sarah Burney & Charlotte Barrett, Richmond, 23 Nov 1815 Mr & Mrs Barret had visited the Soupers 'I'm glad you liked the dear admirable wife', '& drew a moral from viewing her troubles', 'She has 2 supports under her harassing cares, religion & love of poor Souper as if he had not a fault in the world. Heaven knows he has plenty!. But the chap was engaging with all his misdemeanors'; 'I do not correspond.. but never loved or respected anybody more than that warm hearted, liberal creature' [addendum says Souper unidentified]
1816 : W H Souper suppressed deputy commissary Leeward Islands £200; on pensions & sinecurees list source
1817 : placed on half pay 16 Oct, see 1813 above
1818 : Col. William Souper & Emily ne Howard, had a son at Malta Robert Souper Howard 1818 they moved to Calais 'to educate sons' [perhaps this was William H & Amelia Reinagle?]
1818 : Ensign William H Souper York Chasseurs promoted to Lieutenant 2 Jan 1818. (Cadet T Richardson from the Royal Military College replaces him) : from The Edinburgh Advertiser : [b.1800, father W H Souper b.1775] : [The York Chasseurs, a penal regiment, formed 1813 from Irish deserters was permanently assigned to the Caribbean. 'Efficient with a happy officer corp but decimated by tropical fever & desertion'. After the Napoleonic Wars, arrived at Quebec from Jamaica to disband as colonisers, 24 Aug 1819]
1818 : family in Brages, Netherlands as son born [b.late? mother 44]
1819 : Ensign William Henry Souper to be Lieut without purchase (vice Hemmings who resigns) 25 Dec (Gentleman cadet Military College to be Ensign, vice Souper) London Gazette
1826 : W H Souper deputy commissary, musters W.Indies page 63 Annual Register
1833 : In book Officers of the British Army (& in 1821 book), see 1813 above
: ?an Emily Souper wrote 'Oh! I have loved thee!' pub.183? & "Emily Souper, [&?] G. Esq" wrote 'The Merry Peal: A Ballad'; pub.183? from google books
: William H Souper d.3 Upper Sapey St; seems, Worcester*
1834 : W H Souper late Foreign Depot, on list of officers who's half pay canceled from 14 Mar on receiving a commuted allowance for their commission Lon Standard 15 Mar
1841 : Miss Matildac.1821 arrived 17 Mar 1841 on 'Sterling' source
1841 : Mrs A Souper widow, mother of Edward arrived 17 Mar 1841 on 'Sterling' p.92 source
1842 : Capt 1st Royals, deceased; when youngest dau Matilda m.James Ctichton esq MD, Colonial Surgeon at Perth 6 Sep 1842 source West Australian Journal 10 Sep; Matilda d.9 Sep Half way House, York Rd, of apoplexy. age 25, bur.12th Cemetery Hill, E.Perth; She arrived on ship "Sterling"
1845 : Mrs A Souper widow, mother of Edward departed for England 18 Sep 1845 on 'Halifax Packet'; p.92 source
1859 : Amelia Anne Souper (c1777-1859) died 22 Mar 1859 in her 83rd year, at Brighton, relict of the late W H Souper late of 1st or Royal Scots Regiment 'as dau, wife, mother & friend she exemplified the lovely character of a perfect Christian" paper obit: ['Amelia Ann' d.Jan>Mar 1859, Brighton, Sx (bmd)]
: *W H Souper one of a number of local characters being researched by St Barbe Museum. Lymington, Hants for a future exhibition; email Sep 2014
Charles Edward Souper m.Annie McCausland, 1873 Rathdown, Ireland, from Civil Registration m.Index
Oriana Fanny Souper m.Edward Adrian Wilson 16 Jul 1901, at St Mary Magdalene, Hilton, Hunts;
OrianaOriana Fanny Souper b.registered Bradfield Oct>Dec 1874 to Rev Francis Souper & Fanny Beaumont; parents 
