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Lord Napier, of Merchistoun, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1627 for Sir Archibald Napier, 1st Baronet. Earlier that year, he already held ...
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]
Later that year he was raised to the Peerage of Scotland as Lord Napier. The baronetcy became dormant in 1683 on the death of the third Lord and third Baronet, while the lordship passed to the late Lord's nephew. The baronetcy was successfully claimed in 1817 by the third Lord Napier's heir male general, the eighth Baronet. [2]
Elizabeth Erskine was a prisoner in Edinburgh Castle in August 1645 with her sister-in-law Lilias Napier. [1] They had five children: [citation needed] Archibald (d. 1683), who succeeded as 3rd Lord Napier. John (d. 1672) Jean, who married Sir Thomas Nicolson of Carnock, whose son, Thomas (1669–1686), became the fourth Lord Napier.
Also Baron Lucas (1663) in the Peerage of England; known as the Lord Lucas and Dingwall The Lord Napier: 1627: Francis Napier, 15th Lord Napier, 6th Baron Ettrick: Sophie Napier, Mistress of Napier (daughter) also Baron Ettrick in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1872; known as the Lord Napier and Ettrick The Lord Fairfax of Cameron: 1627
royal family tree First comes Her Majesty, the Queen, who holds the highest level of the royal hierarchy. As the heir of the British Crown and constitutional monarch of Commonwealth realms, she ...
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 .
Archibald Napier of Woolmet (1575-1600), ambushed and slain on 8 November 1600 in revenge for the murder of Scott of Bowhill in an argument over a horse, widowing his young wife Alison Edmonstone of Edmonstone House; William Napier (1577-1622) Alexander Napier, Lord Laurieston (1578-1629), appointed a Senator of the College of Justice 14 ...
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