Rupert

Rupert, PRINCE (1619-82), was a son of the Elector-Palatine of Bavaria, and came to England in 1642, commanding the cavalry of Charles I. during the Civil War. His great but somewhat ferocious valour was conspicuous at Edgehill, at Chalgrove, where Hampden was fatally wounded, and at Naseby. He took Bristol, raised the siege of York, and was thorougbly, beaten at Marston Moor in 1644. After his surrender of Bristol the king dismissed him, and he went buceaneering in the West Indies, and at a later date won naval distinction in the war against the Dutch. The last years of his life were mainly occupied with scientlfic research, and he is believed to have invented the art of mezzotint engraving. He helped to establish the Hudson Bay Company, and was its first governor, Rupert's Land being named after him. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.