This page is dedicated to Charles Sharpe of Spaniard's Bay Newfoundland
Colornal James Sharpe was born in Ireland in 1752, he married Edwina Sarah Donovan in 1777 also of Ireland, after retiring from the British Military he became a constable, He later moved to Wales and continued as a constabulary there. They had two sons.
Richard Sharpe the oldest joined the British Army as a Junior Officer, The British were wairy of his loyalty and placed him in charge of the Irish light Rifles and sent him to Spain to fight Neponeon and his forces. Richard was promoted and demoted several times during his career , but his military skills and stratagy in battle could not be questioned. Richard believed Military person should not pillage, rape or steal from the local population and was very strick about this matter. To this day Richard's battle staratagies remain a pivical training tool for Junior Officers in many NATO countries.
During the war he met a young lady they had a child unfortunatly the child killed. After the war Richard married the young lady, who turned out to be a nobleman's daughter, they built an 84 room home on the side of a mountain in the small village where she came from. They had three children, The eldest stayed in Spain while the other two returned to Wales. Richards daughter married into the Ferguson family an aristrocrat family of Wales, while the youngest, Charles left to discover the world.
He immigrated to Newfoundland. In Spaniard's Bay in 1777 he married and they raised several Children. Today the Sharpe family are well known throughtout Newfoundland and many parts of Canada
For more information on this family please contact me at timshirl@bell.net