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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]
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]
Archibald Napier was a member of the Napier family of Merchiston, Scotland, and was the great-grandson of John Napier, the inventor of logarithms. He was the son of Archibald Napier, 2nd Lord Napier and Lady Elizabeth Erskine, daughter of John Erskine, 19th Earl of Mar .
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 ...
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.
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William Napier, 11th Lord Napier; William Napier, 13th Lord Napier This page was last edited on 29 January 2020, at 21:30 (UTC). Text is available under the ...