Protestant Exiles from France/Volume 2 - Book Third - Chapter 24 - Dupuis
Dupuis. — Dupuis is a refugee family from Bourdeaux. At the beginning of last century it consisted of three sons, Philip, Stephen, and John, and two daughters, Hester (Mrs. Pullain), and Mary (Mrs. Boucher). Philip Dupuis, styled “of Pall-Mall,” who was buried at St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields on 27th March 1707, had three sons, Abraham (who received a medal for the Battle of Dumblain in 1715, and died in 1737), John (born 1695), and Philip (born 1697). Abraham was the father of Abraham Dupuis, American merchant of Gracechurch Street, who died in October 1777, having had two sons, Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Dupuis, of the 2nd Dragoon Guards (born 1763, died 1837), and Rev. George Dupuis, Rector of Wendlebury (born 1757, died 1839). The venerable clergyman was the father of General Sir John Edward Dupuis, K.C.B., whose memoir is now to be summarized.
John Edward Dupuis was educated at the Military Academy, Woolwich, and admitted to the Royal Artillery as a Second Lieutenant on 13th February 1825, and became a First Lieutenant on 8th November 1827. Lieutenant Dupuis was with the Spanish Army from 1836 to 1838, and shared in the action of Hernani. He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 22nd July 1840, and continued to serve in that rank with the brevet rank of Major from 8th January 1847 to 22nd April 1853, when he became a Lieutenant-Colonel of Artillery. He was recalled to active-service by the war with Russia, known as the Crimean war, in 1854, and was present at the battles of Alma, 20th September; Balaklava, 25th October; and Inkerman, 5th November. The Siege of Sebastopol lasted from 17th October 1854 to 10th September 1855; and Lieutenant-Colonel Dupuis was twice in command of our artillery during that memorable siege. He was made a Companion of the Bath (C.B.). The Mutiny in India broke our peace in 1857; he commanded the artillery there from 1857 to 1859, and had a share in many of the events of the campaign, including the operations before Cawnpore. In 1865 he received the command of the 11th Brigade of Royal Artillery, and was made a Knight Commander of the Bath (K.C.B.). He rose from the rank of Colonel successively to be Major-General and Lieutenant-Gcneral, and he became a full General in 1868. General Sir John Edward Dupuis, K.C.B., wore the orders of San Fernando of Spain, Legion of Honour and the Medjidie — also the Crimean medal with four clasps, and the Indian and Sardinian medals. He died on 25th November 1876.