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2.1 Napier family. 2.2 Nicolson family. 2.3 Scott family (adopted surname Napier) ... Lord Napier, of Merchistoun, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.
Traditionally the Napiers are descended from the ancient Earls of Lennox who were one of the Celtic royal families of Scotland and Ireland. [2] One theory holds that a "naperer" is "a person in charge of table linen in a royal or manor house" and that the original Napiers must have been "naperers" as an office for the royal household. [2]
He was the son of Archibald Napier, 2nd Lord Napier and Lady Elizabeth Erskine, daughter of John Erskine, 19th Earl of Mar. Archibald died unmarried and childless, and the Lordship of Napier passed through his sister Jean to his nephew Thomas Nicolson, 4th Lord Napier , by a special arrangement of the title.
Francis Napier, 15th Lord Napier, 6th Baron Ettrick: Nicholas Alexander John Napier (brother) also Lord Napier (1627) in the Peerage of Scotland; known as the Lord Napier and Ettrick The Baron Aberdare: 1873: Alastair Bruce, 5th Baron Aberdare: Hector Bruce The Baron Moncreiff: 1874: Rhoderick Moncreiff, 6th Baron Moncreiff: Harry Moncreiff The ...
William Napier, 11th Lord Napier; William Napier, 13th Lord Napier This page was last edited on 12 October 2011, at 13:00 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
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The baronetcy was successfully claimed in 1817 by the third Lord Napier's heir male general, the eighth Baronet. [2] The 13th Baronet settled in South Africa, where the 14th Baronet lives in Benmore Gardens. The Napier Baronetcy, of Middle Marsh in the County of Dorset, was created in the Baronetage of England on 25 June 1641 for Gerrard Napier ...
Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier, the 9th Laird Napier of Merchiston (c. 1576 – November 1645), was a Scottish politician and judge. In 1627 he was created Lord Napier of Merchiston and Baronet of Nova Scotia .