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George Thomas Napier

Sir George Thomas Napier KCB (30 June 1784 – 16 September 1855) was a British Army officer who saw service in the Peninsular War and later commanded the army of the Cape Colony.

For other people with similar names, see George Napier (disambiguation).

Sir

George Napier

KCB

George Thomas Napier

(1784-06-30)30 June 1784

16 September 1855(1855-09-16) (aged 71)
Geneva, Switzerland

 United Kingdom

British Army

Lieutenant general

Peninsular War

Father - Colonel (1751–1804)

George Napier

Mother - (1745–1826), daughter of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond.

Lady Sarah Lennox

Brother - Sir (1782–1853), Commander-in-Chief in India. The New Zealand city of Napier is named after him.

Charles James Napier

Brother - Sir (1785–1860), soldier and military historian.

William Francis Patrick Napier

Brother - (1789–1853), naval officer and historian

Henry Edward Napier

Wife - Frances Dorothea Blencowe, formerly married to William Peere Williams Freeman.

Son-in-law - Colonel (1812–1875), married his daughter Cecilia

Henry William St Pierre Bunbury

Lieut. Colonel (c. 1862–1942)

George S. F. Napier

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick s.v. Sir George Thomas Napier". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 176.

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