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[[File:G_E_W_Couper.jpg|thumb|Photograph c. 1880]]
'''Sir George Ebenezer Wilson Couper, 2nd Baronet''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCSI|CB|CIE}} (29 April 1824 – 5 March 1908) was a British [[civil servant]] in [[India]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |title=Obituary |work=[[The Times]] |page= 6 |date=7 March 1908 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Baronetage and Knightage 1879|date=1879|publisher=Debrett's|page=105|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kuENAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA105|accessdate=29 August 2016|language=en}}</ref>

==Biography==
Couper was the eldest son of Colonel [[Sir George Couper, 1st Baronet|Sir George Couper]], Chief Equerry and Comptroller of the Household of [[Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld|Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent]]. His father was created a baronet in 1841.<ref name="times"/>

He was educated at the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]. He was sent to India in 1846 and joined the Bengal Civil Service. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the [[1860 Birthday Honours]] while serving as Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oude, [[Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet|James Outram]].<ref name="times"/><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=22387 |page=1916 |date=18 May 1860 }}</ref>

From 26 July 1876 to 15 February 1877, he was [[List of Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces|Lieutenant-Governor]] of the [[North-Western Provinces]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=toc&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0 The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain #130]</ref> In 1877, he was created a Knight Commander of the [[Order of the Star of India]] and in 1878 a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]].<ref name="times"/>

From 15 February 1877 to 17 April 1882, he was [[List of Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh|Lieutenant Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioner of Oudh]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=toc&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0 The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain #131]</ref>

==Family==
In 1852, he married Caroline Penelope Every, sister of Sir Henry Every, 10th Baronet. He had three sons, who were all in the military, and a daughter. Sir George died in [[Camberley]], aged 84. His eldest son, Ramsay George Henry Couper, succeeded him in the baronetcy.<ref name="times"/>

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