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Thomas Nicolson, 4th Lord Napier (1669–1688) (the only Lord Napier who held the Nicolson Baronetcy, from 1670 to 1688) Margaret Brisbane, 5th Lady Napier (d. 1706) (aunt, wife of John Brisbane) Scott family (adopted surname Napier)
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]
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 ...
Napier was born in Kinsale, Ireland, on 13 October 1786. [1] He was the son of Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier (1758–1823) and the father of Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier and 1st Baron Ettrick (1819–1898). He enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1803 and served - with distinction - as a midshipman on HMS Defiance at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805).
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.
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Archibald Napier, 3rd Lord Napier; Francis Napier, 15th Lord Napier; Francis Napier, 6th Lord Napier; Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier; Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier; Francis Napier, 12th Lord Napier; Margaret Brisbane, 5th Lady Napier; Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier; Thomas Nicolson, 4th Lord Napier; William Napier, 7th Lord Napier; William ...
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 ...