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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 ...
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 .
Sir Robert Napier, 2nd Baronet (c. 1603–1661), his son, Member of Parliament; Robert Napier (British Army officer, died 1766), British Adjutant-General to the Forces; Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810–1890), British field marshal; Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baronet, of Punknoll (1642–1700), English lawyer and politician
Napier of Magdala Battery is a former coastal artillery battery on the south-western cliffs of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, overlooking the Bay of Gibraltar. It also overlooks Rosia Bay from the north, as does Parson's Lodge Battery from the south. [1] It contains one of two surviving Armstrong 100-ton guns.
General Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala was appointed in 1874 colonel-commandant of the Royal Engineers. [52] Commandants of the RSME have included: [53] Major-General Henry F. Thuillier: November 1919–November 1923; Major-General Philip G. Grant: November 1923–June 1927; Major-General George Walker: June 1927–February 1931
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 ...
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala: 6 January 1887 [19] 14 January 1890: Died in office as Constable; [20] the Lord Lieutenancy of the Tower Hamlets had been abolished they previous year. Constable of the Tower Sir Daniel Lysons: 24 March 1890 [20] 29 January 1898: Died in office. [21] Sir Frederick Stephenson: 21 March 1898 [21] 10 ...