William Craig Emilius Napier

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
Born18 March 1818
Died23 September 1903(1903-09-23) (aged 85)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
Commands heldRoyal Military College, Sandhurst
Battles/warsRecapture of Port Natal
Scinde Campaign
Crimean War

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 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

He 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

  1. Cheltenham Register
  2. "No. 22551". The London Gazette. 27 September 1861. p. 3861.
  3. Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain by Peter Beauclerk Dewar, p. 1101
  4. 3rd Foot
  5. "The King's Own Scottish Borderers". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 30 December 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  6. The Peerage.com

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