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James Robert Brunker

British Army general

Field	Value
honorific_prefix	Major-General
name	James Brunker
birth_date	22 December 1806
death_date	24 March 1869 (aged 62)
birth_place	Dublin, Ireland
placeofburial_coordinates
allegiance	United Kingdom United Kingdom
branch	[[File:Flag of the British Army.svg	23px]] British Army
rank	Major-General
commands	Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong

Major-General James Robert Brunker (22 December 1806 – 24 March 1869) was Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong.

Military career

Brunker was commissioned into the 91st Regiment of Foot in 1825. He was appointed adjutant of his regiment in 1829.

He went on to be deputy adjutant-general in Ceylon in 1852 before being appointed Inspecting Field Officer for the Recruiting District in 1860.

He was promoted to major-general in 1865 and then made Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong in 1867.

He died in Hong Kong in 1869 and is buried there.

Family

On 9 August 1842 he married Marianne Molyneux, daughter of John Molyneux of Gravel Hill, Ludlow.

References

{{London Gazette. (16 April 1825)
{{London Gazette. (27 January 1829)
{{London Gazette. (31 August 1855)
{{London Gazette. (3 February 1860)
{{London Gazette. (23 March 1866)
''British and Indian armies on the China coast 1785-1985'' by Harfield, A G, Published by A and J Partnership, 1990, Pages 483-484 {{ISBN. 0-9516065-0-6
(1902). "Visitation of England and Wales". Privately printed.

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