Napier, Robert Cornelis, 1810-1890

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Dates:
Birth 1810-12-06
Death 1890-01-14

Biographical notes:

1826 commissioned as a second-lieutenant; 1827 lieutenant; 1828 Bengal Sappers and Miners; 1829-1830 commanding a company at Delhi; 1830 sick leave at Mussooree; 1831-1836 assistant on the Great Eastern Jumna Canal project; 1836-1838 furlough; 1838-1840 acting executive engineer in the Barisal division of eastern Bengal; 1840 executive engineer of the Sirhind division; 1841 second-captain; 1842-1845 oversaw building of Ambala Cantonment; 1845-1846 chief engineer in army of the Sutlej in First Anglo-Sikh War; 1846-1848 consulting engineer to the resident and council of regency of the Punjab; 1848-1849 chief engineer during Second Anglo-Sikh War, including the siege of Multan; 1849 brevet lieutenant-colonel; 1849-1856 civil engineer to the board of administration of the Punjab; 1852 Hazara expedition; 1853 Bori valley expedition; 1854 brevet colonel; 1856 regimental lieutenant-colonel; 1857 officiating chief engineer of Bengal; 1857-1858 military secretary and chief of the adjutant-general's department, de facto chief engineer and chief of staff; 1858 CB; 1858-1859 commander of Gwalior division; 1859 GCB; 1860 command of 2nd division of China expeditionary force; 1861 major-general; 1861-1865 military member of the council of the viceroy of India; 1863 acting viceroy and governor-general; 1865-1867 and 1869 commander-in-chief at Bombay; 1867 lieutenant-general; 1867-1868 commander of the Abyssinian expedition; 1868 peerage, GCSI, freedom of the City of London; 1869 elected Fellow of the Royal Society; 1870-1876 commander-in-chief in India, ordinary member of the governor-general's council; 1874 general, colonel-commandant of the corps of Royal Engineers; 1876-1883 governor and commander-in-chief at Gibraltar; 1883 field marshal; 1887 constable of the Tower of London and lieutenant and custos rotulorum for Tower Hamlets

Epithet: Field Marshal

Title: 1st Baron Napier of Magdala

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0003de

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  • Baoni State, India (as recorded)
  • Rajgarh State, India (as recorded)
  • North-West Frontier, India (as recorded)
  • Burma, Asia (as recorded)
  • Kalat State, Pakistan (as recorded)
  • Afghanistan, Asia (as recorded)
  • Pegu, Burma (as recorded)
  • Punjab, India (as recorded)
  • Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur State (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • China, Asia (as recorded)
  • Delhi, India (as recorded)
  • Etawah, United Provinces (as recorded)
  • Miraj State, India (as recorded)
  • Datia State, India (as recorded)
  • Mangal State, India (as recorded)
  • Kumharsain State, India (as recorded)
  • Derajat, Punjab (as recorded)
  • Bengal, India (as recorded)
  • Kalat State, Pakistan (as recorded)
  • Kapurthala State, India (as recorded)
  • Spiti, Punjab (as recorded)
  • Sind, India (as recorded)
  • Dhar State, India (as recorded)
  • Assam, India (as recorded)
  • Baria State, India (as recorded)
  • Surat, Bombay (as recorded)
  • Kurnool, Madras (as recorded)
  • Jodhpur State, India (as recorded)
  • Jath State, India (as recorded)
  • New Zealand, Australia (as recorded)
  • Manipur State, India (as recorded)
  • Cooch Behar State, India (as recorded)
  • Ferozeshah, India (as recorded)
  • Kagal, Kolhapur State (as recorded)
  • Kolhapur State, India (as recorded)
  • Bannu, North-West Frontier Province (as recorded)
  • Punjab, India (as recorded)
  • Afghanistan, Asia (as recorded)
  • Bhavnagar State, India (as recorded)
  • Sistan, Iran (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Kharsawan State, India (as recorded)
  • Jaisalmer State, India (as recorded)
  • Pataudi State, India (as recorded)
  • Cambay State, India (as recorded)
  • Porbandar State, India (as recorded)
  • Masulipatam, Madras (as recorded)
  • Lucknow, India (as recorded)
  • Calicut, Madras (as recorded)
  • Savanur State, India (as recorded)
  • Sikkim, Asia (as recorded)
  • Morocco, Africa (as recorded)
  • Cawnpore, India (as recorded)
  • Jubbal State, India (as recorded)
  • Kanker State, India (as recorded)
  • Khandpara State, India (as recorded)
  • Dharampur State, India (as recorded)
  • Bikaner State, India (as recorded)
  • Fort Cornelis, Java (as recorded)
  • Mansa State, India (as recorded)
  • Mudhol State, India (as recorded)
  • Faridkot State, India (as recorded)
  • Maihar State, India (as recorded)
  • Bengal, Presidency of, Asia (as recorded)
  • Jetpur State, India (as recorded)
  • Pathari State, India (as recorded)
  • Abyssinia, Africa (as recorded)
  • Radhanpur State, India (as recorded)
  • Bannu, North-West Frontier Province (as recorded)
  • Japan, Asia (as recorded)
  • Bansda State, India (as recorded)
  • Jobat State, India (as recorded)
  • Bombay, India (as recorded)
  • Narsingarh State, India (as recorded)
  • Baluchistan, Pakistan (as recorded)
  • Oudh, India (as recorded)
  • Sumatra, Indonesia (as recorded)
  • Dera Ismail Khan, North-West Frontier Province (as recorded)
  • Hyderabad State, India (as recorded)
  • Vijayadurg (or Gheria), Bombay (as recorded)
  • Gwalior State, India (as recorded)
  • Sant State, Western India (as recorded)
  • Beri State, India (as recorded)
  • Kurwai State, India (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Jind State, India (as recorded)
  • Barwani State, India (as recorded)
  • Bhajji State, India (as recorded)
  • Baroda State, India (as recorded)
  • Nagpur, Central Provinces (as recorded)
  • Bhaisaunda State, India (as recorded)
  • Khanate of Khiva, Uzbekistan (as recorded)
  • Bahawalpur State, India (as recorded)
  • Saraikela State, Chota Nagpur, Bihar (as recorded)
  • Russia, Europe, Asia (as recorded)
  • Iran, Asia (as recorded)
  • Pal Lahara State, India (as recorded)
  • Burma, Asia (as recorded)
  • Dhami State, India (as recorded)
  • Perak, Malaysia (as recorded)
  • Aden, Yemen (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Lucknow, India (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Punjab, India (as recorded)
  • Nayagarh State, India (as recorded)
  • Torgal State, India (as recorded)
  • Tori-Fatehpur State, India (as recorded)
  • Wankaner State, India (as recorded)
  • Charkhari State, India (as recorded)
  • Nandgaon State, India (as recorded)
  • Ethiopia (as recorded)
  • Rajpipla State, India (as recorded)
  • Sarawak, Malaysia (as recorded)
  • Dewas State, India (as recorded)
  • Bharatpur State, India (as recorded)
  • Kamta Rajaula State, India (as recorded)
  • Chitaldroog, Mysore (as recorded)
  • Jashpur State, India (as recorded)
  • Afghanistan, Asia (as recorded)
  • Sind, India (as recorded)
  • North-Western Provinces, India (as recorded)
  • Banswara State, India (as recorded)
  • Chhatarpur State, India (as recorded)
  • North-West Frontier, India (as recorded)
  • Wadhwan State, India (as recorded)
  • Aundh State, India (as recorded)
  • Makran, Iran and Baluchistan (as recorded)
  • Sachin State, Bombay (as recorded)
  • Jalalabad, Afghanistan (as recorded)
  • Bijawar State, India (as recorded)
  • Samthar State, India (as recorded)
  • Russia, Europe, Asia (as recorded)
  • Multan, Punjab (as recorded)
  • Sitamau State, India (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Dhrol State, India (as recorded)
  • Gaurihar State, India (as recorded)
  • Calcutta, India (as recorded)
  • Nalagarh State, India (as recorded)
  • Talcher State, India (as recorded)
  • Tonk State, India (as recorded)
  • Port Blair, Andaman Islands (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
  • Bengal, India (as recorded)
  • Dujana State, India (as recorded)
  • Paldeo, Bundelkhand, Central India (as recorded)
  • Kalat State, Pakistan (as recorded)
  • Balrampur, United Provinces (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Jaora State, India (as recorded)
  • Dholpur State, India (as recorded)
  • Alirajpur State, India (as recorded)
  • Travancore State, India (as recorded)
  • Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province (as recorded)
  • Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
  • Kangra District, Punjab (as recorded)
  • Nawanagar State, India (as recorded)
  • Nilgiri State, India (as recorded)
  • Iran, Asia (as recorded)
  • North-West Frontier Province, India (as recorded)
  • Himmat Bahadur, Kolhapur State (as recorded)
  • Jamkhandi State, India (as recorded)
  • Tibet, Asia (as recorded)
  • Punjab, India (as recorded)
  • Carnatic Region, India (as recorded)
  • Ramnad, Madras (as recorded)
  • Ethiopia, Africa (as recorded)
  • Tochi Valley, North-West Frontier Province (as recorded)
  • Sirohi State, Rajputana (as recorded)
  • Paorie, India (as recorded)
  • Idar State, India (as recorded)
  • Bombay, India (as recorded)
  • Sind, India (as recorded)
  • Johore, Malaysia (as recorded)
  • Bombay, India (as recorded)
  • Alwar State, India (as recorded)
  • Kotah State, India (as recorded)
  • Raigarh State, India (as recorded)
  • Iran, Asia (as recorded)
  • Nagpur, Central Provinces (as recorded)
  • Indore State, India (as recorded)
  • Nepal, Asia (as recorded)
  • Jigni State, India (as recorded)
  • Karauli State, India (as recorded)
  • Keonjhar State, India (as recorded)
  • Gwalior, India (as recorded)
  • Russia, Europe, Asia (as recorded)
  • Udaipur State, India (as recorded)
  • Tripura State, India (as recorded)
  • Kulu, Punjab (as recorded)
  • Narsinghpur State, India (as recorded)
  • Sarangarh State, Central India (as recorded)
  • Dungarpur State, India (as recorded)
  • Lugasi State, India (as recorded)
  • Sangli State, India (as recorded)
  • Ferozeshah, India (as recorded)
  • Manchuria, China (as recorded)
  • Lucknow, India (as recorded)
  • Khilchipur State, India (as recorded)
  • Madras, India (as recorded)
  • Kishengarh State, India (as recorded)
  • Mysore State, India (as recorded)
  • Colaba, Bombay (as recorded)
  • Dhurwai State, India (as recorded)
  • Palanpur State, India (as recorded)
  • Gwalior State, India (as recorded)
  • Rewa State, India (as recorded)
  • Mysore State, India (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Bengal, India (as recorded)
  • Jaso State, India (as recorded)
  • Mahlog State, India (as recorded)
  • Satara, Bombay (as recorded)
  • Morvi State, India (as recorded)
  • Gangpur State, India (as recorded)
  • Sandringham, Norfolk (as recorded)
  • Bilaspur State, India (as recorded)
  • Godavari River, India (as recorded)
  • Multan, Punjab (as recorded)
  • Cochin State, India (as recorded)
  • Jhalawar State, India (as recorded)
  • Tehri-Garhwal State, India (as recorded)
  • Nepal, Asia (as recorded)
  • Orchha State, India (as recorded)
  • Phaltan State, India (as recorded)
  • Rairakhol State, India (as recorded)
  • Sonepur State, India (as recorded)
  • Baraundha State, India (as recorded)
  • Abyssinia, Africa (as recorded)
  • Central Provinces, India (as recorded)
  • Nadia District, Bengal (as recorded)
  • Sultanpur, United Provinces (as recorded)
  • Partabgarh State, India (as recorded)
  • Germany, Europe (as recorded)
  • Ramdurg State, India (as recorded)
  • Sandur State, India (as recorded)
  • Kurundwad State, India (as recorded)
  • Sravana Belgola, Mysore (as recorded)
  • Burdwan, Bengal (as recorded)
  • Maler Kotla State, India (as recorded)
  • Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
  • Las Bela State, Kalat (as recorded)
  • Loharu State, India (as recorded)
  • Ratlam State, India (as recorded)
  • Chhota Udepur State, India (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Pahra, Bundelkhand, Central India (as recorded)
  • Tigiria State, India (as recorded)
  • Sirmur State, India (as recorded)
  • Iran, Asia (as recorded)
  • Hyderabad State, India (as recorded)
  • Kalsia State, India (as recorded)
  • Thailand, Asia (as recorded)
  • Cachar, Assam (as recorded)
  • Jhabua State, India (as recorded)
  • Lunawada State, India (as recorded)
  • Oudh, India (as recorded)
  • Nabha State, India (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Kankrej, Western India (as recorded)
  • Kothi State, India (as recorded)
  • Janjira State, India (as recorded)
  • Hindol State, India (as recorded)
  • Jaipur State, India (as recorded)
  • Japan, Asia (as recorded)
  • Darkoti State, India (as recorded)
  • Burma, Asia (as recorded)
  • Santalpur State, India (as recorded)
  • Limbdi State, India (as recorded)
  • Central Asia, Asia (as recorded)
  • Palitana State, India (as recorded)
  • Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
  • Benares State, India (as recorded)
  • Chamba State, India (as recorded)
  • Multan, Punjab (as recorded)
  • Fyzabad, United Provinces (as recorded)
  • Sarila State, India (as recorded)
  • Panna State, India (as recorded)
  • Coorg, South India (as recorded)
  • Northern Circars, Madras (as recorded)
  • Gibraltar, Europe (as recorded)
  • Kedah, Malaysia (as recorded)
  • Tanjore, Madras (as recorded)
  • Oudh, India (as recorded)
  • Satara, Bombay (as recorded)
  • Chitral State, India (as recorded)
  • Port Blair, Andaman Islands (as recorded)
  • Arcot State, India (as recorded)
  • Deodar State, India (as recorded)
  • Allahabad, United Provinces (as recorded)
  • Bhor State, India (as recorded)
  • Lucknow, India (as recorded)
  • Bijna State, India (as recorded)
  • Surgana State, India (as recorded)
  • Darbhanga, Bihar (as recorded)
  • Danta State, India (as recorded)
  • Mayurbhanj, Orissa (as recorded)
  • Deccan, India (as recorded)
  • Abyssinia, Africa (as recorded)
  • Gondal State, India (as recorded)
  • Berar, India (as recorded)
  • Yunnan, China (as recorded)
  • Lucknow, India (as recorded)
  • Punjab, India (as recorded)
  • Ghodasar State, India (as recorded)
  • Rampur State, India (as recorded)
  • Sistan, Iran (as recorded)
  • Rajkot State, India (as recorded)
  • Nagod State, India (as recorded)
  • Sawantwadi State, India (as recorded)
  • Teheran, Iran (as recorded)
  • Patiala State, India (as recorded)
  • Makrai State, India (as recorded)
  • Suket State, India (as recorded)
  • Mandi State, India (as recorded)
  • Baroda State, India (as recorded)
  • Hazara, North-West Frontier Province (as recorded)
  • Waterloo, Belgium (as recorded)
  • Bihat State, India (as recorded)
  • Bhopal State, India (as recorded)
  • Khairpur State, India (as recorded)
  • Central Asia, Asia (as recorded)
  • Khairagarh State, India (as recorded)
  • Chhuikhadan State, India (as recorded)
  • Pudukkottai State, India (as recorded)
  • Bhutan, Asia (as recorded)
  • Zaire, Africa (as recorded)
  • Bundi State, India (as recorded)
  • Afghanistan, Asia (as recorded)
  • Silana State, India (as recorded)
  • South Africa, Africa (as recorded)
  • Malpur State, India (as recorded)
  • Bija State, India (as recorded)
  • Junagadh State, India (as recorded)
  • Delhi, India (as recorded)
  • Purnea, Bihar (as recorded)
  • Cutch State, India (as recorded)
  • Jawhar State, India (as recorded)
  • Dhenkanal State, India (as recorded)
  • Zanzibar, Africa (as recorded)
  • Lash-Jawain, Afghanistan (as recorded)
  • Dhrangadhra State, India (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Wao State, India (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Balasinor State, India (as recorded)
  • Afghanistan, Asia (as recorded)
  • Muhammadgarh State, India (as recorded)
  • Iran, Asia (as recorded)
  • Bashahr State, India (as recorded)
  • Patna, India (as recorded)