Napier, Robert Cornelis, 1810-1890
Variant names1826 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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associatedWith | Abyssinian Expedition (1867-1868) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Hamilton, William Baskerville, 1908-1972 | person |
associatedWith | India Office Library and Records. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Napier, Catherine. | person |
correspondedWith | Napier, George, fl. 1878 | person |
associatedWith | Romaine, William Govett, 1815-1893. | person |
associatedWith | Romaine, William Govett, Mrs., | person |
correspondedWith | Trübner, Nicolas, 1817-1884 | person |
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China, Asia | |||
Delhi, India | |||
Etawah, United Provinces | |||
Miraj State, India | |||
Datia State, India | |||
Mangal State, India | |||
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Derajat, Punjab | |||
Bengal, India | |||
Kalat State, Pakistan | |||
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Sind, India | |||
Dhar State, India | |||
Assam, India | |||
Baria State, India | |||
Surat, Bombay | |||
Kurnool, Madras | |||
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Fort Cornelis, Java | |||
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Bengal, Presidency of, Asia | |||
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Oudh, India | |||
Sumatra, Indonesia | |||
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Nagpur, Central Provinces | |||
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Khanate of Khiva, Uzbekistan | |||
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Saraikela State, Chota Nagpur, Bihar | |||
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Pal Lahara State, India | |||
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Perak, Malaysia | |||
Aden, Yemen | |||
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Punjab, India | |||
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Sarawak, Malaysia | |||
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Kamta Rajaula State, India | |||
Chitaldroog, Mysore | |||
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Afghanistan, Asia | |||
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Bengal, India | |||
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Kalat State, Pakistan | |||
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India, Asia | |||
Jaora State, India | |||
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Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province | |||
Ireland, Europe | |||
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Nilgiri State, India | |||
Iran, Asia | |||
North-West Frontier Province, India | |||
Himmat Bahadur, Kolhapur State | |||
Jamkhandi State, India | |||
Tibet, Asia | |||
Punjab, India | |||
Carnatic Region, India | |||
Ramnad, Madras | |||
Ethiopia, Africa | |||
Tochi Valley, North-West Frontier Province | |||
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Paorie, India | |||
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Bombay, India | |||
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Johore, Malaysia | |||
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Kulu, Punjab | |||
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Mysore State, India | |||
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Bengal, India | |||
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Satara, Bombay | |||
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Godavari River, India | |||
Multan, Punjab | |||
Cochin State, India | |||
Jhalawar State, India | |||
Tehri-Garhwal State, India | |||
Nepal, Asia | |||
Orchha State, India | |||
Phaltan State, India | |||
Rairakhol State, India | |||
Sonepur State, India | |||
Baraundha State, India | |||
Abyssinia, Africa | |||
Central Provinces, India | |||
Nadia District, Bengal | |||
Sultanpur, United Provinces | |||
Partabgarh State, India | |||
Germany, Europe | |||
Ramdurg State, India | |||
Sandur State, India | |||
Kurundwad State, India | |||
Sravana Belgola, Mysore | |||
Burdwan, Bengal | |||
Maler Kotla State, India | |||
Egypt, Africa | |||
Las Bela State, Kalat | |||
Loharu State, India | |||
Ratlam State, India | |||
Chhota Udepur State, India | |||
India, Asia | |||
Pahra, Bundelkhand, Central India | |||
Tigiria State, India | |||
Sirmur State, India | |||
Iran, Asia | |||
Hyderabad State, India | |||
Kalsia State, India | |||
Thailand, Asia | |||
Cachar, Assam | |||
Jhabua State, India | |||
Lunawada State, India | |||
Oudh, India | |||
Nabha State, India | |||
India, Asia | |||
Kankrej, Western India | |||
Kothi State, India | |||
Janjira State, India | |||
Hindol State, India | |||
Jaipur State, India | |||
Japan, Asia | |||
Darkoti State, India | |||
Burma, Asia | |||
Santalpur State, India | |||
Limbdi State, India | |||
Central Asia, Asia | |||
Palitana State, India | |||
Egypt, Africa | |||
Benares State, India | |||
Chamba State, India | |||
Multan, Punjab | |||
Fyzabad, United Provinces | |||
Sarila State, India | |||
Panna State, India | |||
Coorg, South India | |||
Northern Circars, Madras | |||
Gibraltar, Europe | |||
Kedah, Malaysia | |||
Tanjore, Madras | |||
Oudh, India | |||
Satara, Bombay | |||
Chitral State, India | |||
Port Blair, Andaman Islands | |||
Arcot State, India | |||
Deodar State, India | |||
Allahabad, United Provinces | |||
Bhor State, India | |||
Lucknow, India | |||
Bijna State, India | |||
Surgana State, India | |||
Darbhanga, Bihar | |||
Danta State, India | |||
Mayurbhanj, Orissa | |||
Deccan, India | |||
Abyssinia, Africa | |||
Gondal State, India | |||
Berar, India | |||
Yunnan, China | |||
Lucknow, India | |||
Punjab, India | |||
Ghodasar State, India | |||
Rampur State, India | |||
Sistan, Iran | |||
Rajkot State, India | |||
Nagod State, India | |||
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Teheran, Iran | |||
Patiala State, India | |||
Makrai State, India | |||
Suket State, India | |||
Mandi State, India | |||
Baroda State, India | |||
Hazara, North-West Frontier Province | |||
Waterloo, Belgium | |||
Bihat State, India | |||
Bhopal State, India | |||
Khairpur State, India | |||
Central Asia, Asia | |||
Khairagarh State, India | |||
Chhuikhadan State, India | |||
Pudukkottai State, India | |||
Bhutan, Asia | |||
Zaire, Africa | |||
Bundi State, India | |||
Afghanistan, Asia | |||
Silana State, India | |||
South Africa, Africa | |||
Malpur State, India | |||
Bija State, India | |||
Junagadh State, India | |||
Delhi, India | |||
Purnea, Bihar | |||
Cutch State, India | |||
Jawhar State, India | |||
Dhenkanal State, India | |||
Zanzibar, Africa | |||
Lash-Jawain, Afghanistan | |||
Dhrangadhra State, India | |||
India, Asia | |||
Wao State, India | |||
India, Asia | |||
Balasinor State, India | |||
Afghanistan, Asia | |||
Muhammadgarh State, India | |||
Iran, Asia | |||
Bashahr State, India | |||
Patna, India |
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Birth 1810-12-06
Death 1890-01-14