Baron Napier of Magdala
Baron Napier of Magdãla , in Abyssinia and of Caryngton in the County Palatine of Chester , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award
The title was bestowed on July 17, 1868, to the colonial officer Sir Robert Cornelis Napier . He had already distinguished himself in several colonial wars, became Commander in Chief of the British Ethiopia Expedition of 1868 and had defeated Emperor Theodor II of Ethiopia on April 13, 1868 in the Battle of Magdala . The territorial dedication of the title relates to this victory. Napier later became Commander-in-Chief of the British Indian Army and Governor of Gibraltar . In 1882 he was promoted to field marshal .
Today's title holder has been his great-grandson Robert Alan Napier as the 6th Baron since 1987 .
List of Barons Napier of Magdãla (1868)
- Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810–1890)
- Robert William Napier, 2nd Baron Napier of Magdala (1845–1921)
- James Pearse Napier, 3rd Baron Napier of Magdala (1849-1935)
- Edward Herbert Scott Napier, 4th Baron Napier of Magdala (1861–1948)
- John Napier, 5th Baron Napier of Magdala (1904–1987)
- Robert Alan Napier, 6th Baron Napier of Magdala (* 1940)
Estimated heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, Hon. James Robert Napier (* 1966)
See also
- Lord Napier (1460)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The London Gazette : No. 7868, p. 893, July 17, 1868.
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Napier of Magdala, Baron (UK, 1868) at Cracroft's Peerage