Captain George K. H. Coussmaker [SEP] creator
Captain George K. H. Coussmaker
Captain George K. H. Coussmaker (1782) is an oil on canvas portrait by Joshua Reynolds.
George Keene Hayward Coussmaker was born in London in 1759 to Evert and Mary Coussmaker, and entered the military as an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards in 1776. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1778 and to captain in 1788, but never saw active service and retired in 1795. He married Catherine Southwell in 1790 and fathered two children, George and Sophia (later, the Baroness
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References.
- The Met: "Captain George K. H. Coussmaker"