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  2. Clan Napier - Wikipedia

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    The chief of the clan is the only person permitted to use these arms. The original arms of Napier (as seen in the picture of John Napier on this page) were: Argent, a saltire engrailed between four roses gules, barbed vert. These arms bear striking similarity to the arms of the Clan Lennox (see origin of

  3. Napier (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Napier (/ ˈ n eɪ p i ər / NAY-pee-ər) is a surname with an English, Scottish, French or Polish origin. The British surname Napier is derived from an occupational name for someone who sold or produced table linen ; or for a naperer which was a servant who was responsible for the washing and storage of linen in a medieval household.

  4. Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier - Wikipedia

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    Major (Francis) Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier, 5th Baron Ettrick, KCVO, OStJ, DL (5 December 1930 – 15 March 2012), was a Scottish soldier and courtier. [1] He was the son of Lt.-Colonel William Napier, 13th Lord Napier and 4th Baron Ettrick , and Violet Muir Newson, daughter of Sir Percy Wilson Newson, 1st Bt.

  5. Lord Napier - Wikipedia

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    Coat of arms of the Lord Napier of Merchistoun, Baron Ettrick of Ettrick, Baronet of Nova Scotia: Napier (arms of feudal Earls of Lennox, a title inherited by King James I & VI from his father Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley) quartering Scott [1] Lord Napier, of Merchistoun, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.

  6. Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baronet, of Luton Hoo - Wikipedia

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    He was the second son of Alexander Napier (alias Sandy) of Exeter, Devon, by his wife Anne Birchley, daughter of Edward Birchley of Hertfordshire. Alexander was a son of Sir Alexander Napier of Scotland, and was a brother of Sir Archibald Napier. He had left Scotland during the reign of King Henry VIII (1509–1547) and settled in the city of ...

  7. Merchiston Tower - Wikipedia

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    Merchiston Tower, also known as Merchiston Castle, was probably built by Alexander Napier, the 2nd Laird of Merchiston around 1454. It serves as the seat for Clan Napier.It was the home of John Napier, the 8th Laird of Merchiston and the inventor of logarithms, who was born there in 1550.

  8. Napier baronets - Wikipedia

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    Sir Alexander Lennox Napier, 11th Baronet (1882–1954) Sir Robert Archibald Napier, MBE, 12th Baronet (1889–1965) Sir William Archibald Napier, 13th Baronet (1915–1990) Sir John Archibald Lennox Napier, 14th Baronet (born 1946) The heir apparent is the present holder's only son Hugh Robert Lennox Napier of Merchistoun, Younger of Napier ...

  9. Charles James Napier - Wikipedia

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    General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB (/ ˈ n eɪ p i ər / NAY-pee-ər; [1] 10 August 1782 – 29 August 1853) was an officer and veteran of the British Army's Peninsular and 1812 campaigns, and later a major general of the Bombay Army, during which period he led the British military conquest of Sindh, before serving as the governor of Sindh, and Commander-in-Chief in India.