General Sir Robert Sloper KB (8 May 1729 – 18 August 1802) was Commander-in-Chief, India.
Educated privately at Bishops Cannings in Wiltshire, Sloper was commissioned into the 10th Dragoons being promoted to major in 1755.
[1] He was appointed commanding officer of 1st King's Dragoon Guards in 1759 and subsequently saw service in Flanders and Germany.
[1] In May 1788 he was invested KB and appointed Governor of Duncannon Fort in 1795.
[3] He was married to Jane Willis with whom he had six sons and four daughters.