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.
William Napier | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 March 1818 |
| Died | 23 September 1903 (aged 85) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands | Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
| Battles / wars | Recapture of Port Natal Scinde Campaign Crimean War |
Military career
editBorn 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 Commandant of the Staff College, Sandhurst in 1861[2] and Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst from 1875.[3]
He was given the colonelcy of the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) from 1874 to 1882[4] and of the King's Own Scottish Borderers from 1882 to his death.[5]
Family
editHe died in 1903. In 1845 he had married his cousin, Emily Cephalonia Napier, daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier; they had seven daughters and one son.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c Cheltenham Register
- ^ "No. 22551". The London Gazette. 27 September 1861. p. 3861.
- ^ Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain by Peter Beauclerk Dewar, p. 1101
- ^ 3rd Foot
- ^ "The King's Own Scottish Borderers". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 30 December 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ The Peerage.com
Further reading
edit- Jarry, François (1869). Outpost Duty: To Which Are Added Treatises on Military Reconnaissance and on Road Making. translated by William C.E. Napier. London, Chapman & Hall.
- Napier, George T. (1884). Passages in the Early Military Life of General Sir George T. Napier edited by William C.E. Napier. London, John Murray.