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Hereditary Genius
Napier, Sir Charles; general; conqueror of Scinde. The most eminent member of a
very eminent military family.
GGF. Napier of Merchistoun, inventor of logarithms.
F. Colonel Napier; was himself cast in the true heroic mould. He had uncommon
powers of mind and body; had scientific tastes and ability; was Superintendent
of Woolwich Laboratory and Comptroller of Army Accounts.
uS. Right Hon. Charles James Fox, statesman and orator. See Fox for his numerous
gifted relatives.
B. General Sir William Napier, historian of the Peninsular War.
B. General Sir George Napier, Governor of the Cape; was offered in 1849 the
command of the Redmontese army, which he declined.
[2B.] There were two other brothers, Richard, Q.C., and Henry, Captain, R.N.,
who might fairly be also adduced, as examples of inherited genius.
US. Admiral Sir Charles Napier; distinguished for gallantry in his youth in the
French War, afterwards in Portugal, then at the Siege of Acre. When broken in
health, he was made Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic Fleet in the Russian
War.
Lord Napier, the diplomatist, is another able relative.
Mem. Lord Napier of Magdala is not a relative of this family.
Napoleon I. See BONAPARTE.
Nelson, Lord; admiral. The greatest naval hero of England. He had neither a strong
frame nor a hardy constitution when a boy. He had won all his victories, and
was killed, aet. 47. His remarkable relationships are distant, but worthy of
record; they are—
[g.] Maurice Suckling, D.D., Prebendary of Westminster.
uP. Lord Cranworth, Lord Chancellor.
gu. (Mother's mother's uncle.) Sir Robert Walpole. See.
Philip of Macedonia. See under ALEXANDER.
S. Alexander the Great.
S. Ptolemy I. of Egypt P. Ptolemy Philadelphus. J
See under ALEXANDER.
Pyrrhus.
GBp. Alexander the Great was his second cousin through Alexander's mother, but I
am not informed of the other links. See under ALEXANDER.
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