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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. 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 ...

  4. 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 .

  5. 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 .

  6. Robert Telles, ex-Las Vegas elected official, guilty in ... - AOL

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    Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY Updated August 29, 2024 at 1:02 PM A former elected official in Las Vegas was found guilty Wednesday in the killing of a journalist who wrote critical stories about him.

  7. Jury finally hears notorious Florida ‘Pillowcase Rapist’ case ...

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    But Robert Eugene Koehler, 63, stands accused of being the “Pillowcase Rapist” — one of the most notorious serial rapists in Florida history, linked by police to a horrific string of sexual ...

  8. After 30-plus years, verdict finally comes in Croydon mom's ...

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    Bucks County Common Pleas Judge Wallace Bateman Jr. found Robert Atkins, 57, guilty of first-degree murder and two counts of arson in the April 19, 1991 murder of Joy Hibbs. ... "Today's verdict ...

  9. Robert Napier - Wikipedia

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    Sir Robert Napier, 2nd Baronet (c. 1603–1661), his son, Member of Parliament; Robert Napier (British Army officer, died 1766), British Adjutant-General to the Forces; Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810–1890), British field marshal; Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baronet, of Punknoll (1642–1700), English lawyer and politician