| William Napier | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 18, 1818 |
| Died | September 23, 1903 (aged 85) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands held | Royal Military College Sandhurst |
| Battles/wars |
Recapture of Port Natal Scinde Campaign Crimean War |
Major-General William Craig Emilius Napier (18 March 1818 – 23 September 1903) was a British Army officer who became Governor of the Royal Military College Sandhurst.
Military career[]
Born the son of Lieutenant-General Sir George Thomas Napier and educated at Cheltenham College,[1] William Napier served with the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), and subsequently with the King's Own Scottish Borderers.[1] He was Director-General of Military Education and fought at the recapture of Port Natal in 1842, in the Scinde Campaign in 1845 and in the Crimean War in 1855.[1] He went on to be Colonel of the Buffs from 1874[2] and Governor of the Royal Military College Sandurst from 1875.[3]
He was the author of two books:
- Outpost Duty: To Which Are Added Treatises on Military Reconnaissance and on Road Making published in 1869[4]
- Passages in the Early Military Life of General Sir George T. Napier published in 1884.[5]
Family[]
In 1845 he married Emily Cephalonia Napier, daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier; they had seven daughters and one son.[6]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cheltenham Register
- ↑ 3rd Foot
- ↑ Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain by Peter Beauclerk Dewar, p.1101
- ↑ Amazon.com
- ↑ Amazon.com
- ↑ The Peerage.com
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