Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala
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Image:Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala - Project Gutenberg eText 16528.jpg Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810-1890), was a British soldier.
Biography
He was the son of Major Charles Frederick Napier, who was wounded at the storming of Meester Corneis (August 26 1810) in Java and died some months later. Robert was born in Ceylon on December 6 1810. He joined the Bengal Engineers at the age of 18 and served with distinction throughout the Sikh Wars.
He later served in the North West Frontier District and saw action in Peshawar and Afghanistan.
He served during the Indian Mutiny, helping to mop up the final resistance before commanding a division during the war with China.
His achieved his greatest fame as Field Marshal, leading a punitive expedition in 1867 to Amba Mariam alias fort Magdala, near the capital of Abyssinia, which rescued several captured British diplomats and roundly defeated the Abyssinian forces. He received a parliamentary pension, was made Grand Commander of the Order of the Bath and a freeman of the City of London and by way of victory title was given a hereditary peerage, Baron Napier of Magdala.
He later became Commander-in-Chief in India.
Lord Napier of Magdala died on January 14 1890.
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition{{#if:{{{article|}}}| article {{#if:{{{url|}}}|[{{{url|}}}}} "{{{article}}}"{{#if:{{{url|}}}|]}}{{#if:{{{author|}}}| by {{{author}}}}}}}, a publication now in the public domain. [1]
- Royal Engineers Museum - Sapper Biographies
- Royal Engineers Museum - Corps History - campaigns
- Almanach de Bruxelles (now a apying site)sv:Robert Cornelius Napier