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Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier and 1st Baron Ettrick, KT, PC (15 September 1819 – 19 December 1898) was a British polyglot, diplomat and colonial administrator.He served as the British Minister to the United States from 1857 to 1859, Netherlands from 1859 to 1860, Russia from 1861 to 1864, Prussia from 1864 to 1866 and as the Governor of Madras from 1866 to 1872.
The Gorgas–Manly Historic District is a historic district that includes 12 acres (4.9 ha) and eight buildings on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. [1] The buildings represent the university campus as it existed from the establishment of the institution through to the late 19th century.
The University of Alabama: A Guide to the Campus. Tuscaloosa (Ala.): The University of Alabama Press, 1988. ISBN 0-817-30395-2; Mellown, Robert Oliver. The University of Alabama: A Guide to the Campus and Its Architecture. Tuscaloosa (Ala.): The University of Alabama Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-8173-5680-4; Reed, Delbert. All of Us Fought the War ...
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The Napier family again came into possession of Merchiston Castle in 1818, when it was purchased by William Napier, 9th Lord Napier. In 1833, Lord Napier let the Tower to Charles Chalmers, who founded the Merchiston Castle School. It was sold outright to the school in 1914 by The Honourable John Scott Napier, fourteenth Laird of Merchiston (son ...
The 15,000-square-foot center will include areas for prospective students and their families to gather for campus tours, along with admissions offices. University of Alabama leaders, Randall ...
University of Alabama graduates include 15 Rhodes Scholars, 59 Goldwater Scholars, and 16 Truman Scholars. [135] UA graduates have also been named to the USA Today All-USA College Academic Team. [136] [137] The University of Alabama is the alma mater of numerous notable people in politics, sports, business, entertainment, science, art, and ...
Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier (1758–1823) William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier (1786–1834) Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier, 1st Baron Ettrick (1819–1898) William John George Napier, 11th Lord Napier, 2nd Baron Ettrick (1846–1913) Francis Edward Basil Napier, 12th Lord Napier, 3rd Baron Ettrick (1876–1941)