Stephen Remnant Chapman ( 1776 - 1851 )

Birth: Tainfield House, Taunton, Somerset, England (1776) Death: Tainfield House, Taunton, Somerset (06 March 1851) Profession: Military engineer Education: Woolwich Career: Entered the Royal Engineers (1793); Lieutenant (1796); Captain (1805); served in Holland (1799), at Copenhagen (1807), and in Portugal; one of the chief officers preparing the lines at Torres Vedras; Secretary to Lord Mulgrave, Master General of Ordnance (1810); Colonel (1813); Governor of Bermuda and lived there (until 1839); Major-General (1837); Lieutenant- General (1847) Honours: Kt 1831; CB 1815 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 21/11/1816.