Napier, Robert Cornelis, 1810-1890
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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
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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)