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Sir Thomas Napier
Born1790
Died5 July 1863
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
RankGeneral
CommandsCommander-in-Chief, Scotland
Battles / warsNapoleonic Wars
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

General Sir Thomas Erskine Napier KCB (1790 – 5 July 1863) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

Military career

Napier was commissioned into the 52nd Regiment of Foot on 3 July 1805.[1] He took part in the Battle of Copenhagen in August 1807, at the Battle of Corunna in January 1809 and at the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro in May 1811 during the Napoleonic Wars.[1] He also took part in the Battle of the Nive in December 1813 where he was wounded.[1] He went on to be assistant adjutant-general in Belfast and then served as Commander-in-Chief, Scotland and also as Governor of Edinburgh Castle from 1852 to 1854.[1]

He was the brother of Vice-admiral Sir Charles Napier.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Thomas Erskine Napier". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Napier". Electric Scotland. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
Military offices
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Scotland
1852–1854 		Succeeded by

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