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2. Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala - Wikipedia

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   Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala GCB GCSI FRS (6 December 1810 – 14 January 1890) was a British Indian Army officer. He fought in the First Anglo-Sikh War and the Second Anglo-Sikh War before seeing action as chief engineer during the second relief of Lucknow in March 1858 during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 .

3. List of genealogy databases - Wikipedia

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   For-profit genealogy company. Databases include Find a Grave, RootsWeb, a free genealogy community, and Newspapers.com. Archives.gov: US National Archives and Records Administration. Free online repository with a section dedicated to genealogical research [1] BALSAC: Population database of Quebec, Canada Cyndi's List

4. Baron Napier of Magdala - Wikipedia

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   Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala. Baron Napier of Magdala, in Abyssinia and of Caryngton in the County Palatine of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1868 for the military commander Sir Robert Napier, in recognition of his part in the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia when the town of Magdala was ...

5. Wikipedia:Free English newspaper sources - Wikipedia

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   Elephind – text searchable free database with access to over 200 million items from 4,345 newspaper titles. Florida Digital Newspaper Collection; Georgia (US State) Historic Newspapers - provides 984 newspaper titles from 1763 to the present day. Google News Archive — an unsupported (abandoned) database. Most useful to find a specific date ...

6. British expedition to Abyssinia - Wikipedia

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   In London, Napier was made Baron Napier of Magdala in recognition of his achievement. General Napier was also made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) on 27 April 1868. [ 44 ] At Gibraltar , where he served as governor from 1876 to 1883, there is a battery named in his honour, Napier of Magdala Battery .

7. Battle of Magdala - Wikipedia

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   The Battle of Magdala was the conclusion of the British Expedition to Abyssinia fought in April 1868 between British and Abyssinian forces at Magdala, 390 miles (630 km) from the Red Sea coast. The British were led by Robert Napier , while the Abyssinians were led by Emperor Tewodros II .