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Sir Nathaniel Napier, 3rd Baronet

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Sir Nathaniel Napier, 3rd Baronet (c. 1668 – 24 February 1728), of Moor Crichel, Dorset, was an English politician who sat in the English House of Commons from 1695 to 1708 and in the British House of Commons from 1710 to 1722.[1]

Napier was the only surviving son of Sir Nathaniel Napier, 2nd Baronet, M.P., by Blanche Wyndham, the daughter and coheiress of judge Sir Hugh Wyndham of Silton, Dorset and entered Lincoln's Inn in 1683 and Trinity College, Oxford in 1685. He succeeded his father in 1709 to the baronetcy and Crichel House.[2]

Napier was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Dorchester from 1695 to 1708 and from 1710 to 1722.

Napier married twice; firstly ,in 1691, Jane, the daughter of Sir Robert Worsley, 3rd Baronet, M.P., of Appuldurcombe, Isle of Wight and secondly, in 1691, Catherine, the daughter of William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington, M.P., the sister and coheiress of Giles Alington, 4th Baron Alington. With his second wife he had 5 sons and 3 daughters.

References

  1. ^ "NAPIER, Sir Nathaniel, 3rd Bt. (?1668-1728), of Middlemarsh Hall and Critchell More, Dorset". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  2. ^ John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke, Bernard Burke (1841). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 379. Retrieved 20 September 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Dorchester
1695–1708
With: Nathaniel Bond
Sir Robert Napier, Bt
Thomas Trenchard
Sir Nathaniel Napier, Bt
Awnsham Churchill
Succeeded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Dorchester
17101722
With: Benjamin Gifford
Henry Trenchard
Robert Browne
Abraham Janssen
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
(of Middle Marsh)
1709–1728
Succeeded by