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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.
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 ...
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 the Napier Baronetcy , of Merchistoun in the County of Midlothian, created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia .
The Baron Napier of Magdala: 1868: Robert Napier, 6th Baron Napier of Magdala: James Napier The Baron Rathdonnell: 1868 The Baron Acton: 1869: John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 5th Baron Acton: Robert Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (uncle) The Baron Wolverton: 1869: Miles Glyn, 8th Baron Wolverton: Jonathan Glyn (half-brother) The Baron O'Hagan: 1870: Charles ...
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 .
Lt. Col. William Francis Cyril James Hamilton Napier, 13th Lord Napier, 4th Baron Ettrick DL (9 September 1900 – 23 August 1954) was a Scottish soldier and courtier. He was the eldest son of Francis Napier, the 12th Lord Napier and his wife Hon. Clarice Jessie E. Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 9th Lord Belhaven and Stenton .
The first Lord of Merchiston was Alexander Napier who was a prominent merchant in Edinburgh. [2] He amassed a fortune and became Provost of Edinburgh. [2] He obtained a charter for the lands of Merchiston in 1436. [2]
Archibald Napier was a member of the Napier family of Merchiston, Scotland, and the grandson of John Napier, the inventor of logarithms. [citation needed]Around 1642 he married Lady Elizabeth Erskine (d. 1683), the eldest daughter of John Erskine, 19th (or 3rd) Earl of Mar.