China. Napier was born in Kinsale, Ireland, on 13 October 1786. He was the son of Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier (1758–1823) and the father of Francis Napier...

Edinburgh. Napier's father was Sir Archibald Napier of Merchiston Castle, and his mother was Janet Bothwell, daughter of the politician and judge Francis Bothwell...

General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB (/ˈneɪpiər/ NAY-pee-ər; 10 August 1782 – 29 August 1853) was an officer and veteran of the British Army's Peninsular...

of Lord Hobart, Governor of the Presidency of Madras) 1878: Lady Jane Baring 1878: Anne Napier, Baroness Napier (wife of Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier...

daughter of Napier Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington and Lady Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper, daughter of the 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, sometime Lord Steward to the...

John Napier degree Öchsle (°Oe), density – Ferdinand Öchsle Rockwell scale (HR), indentation hardness – Stanley Rockwell röntgen (R), dosage of X-rays...

Provost of the London Oratory: 1969–1981: Fr Michael Scott Napier 1991–1994: Fr Michael Scott Napier ????–2012: Fr Ignatius Harrison 2012–present: Fr Julian...

Bouchier Hawksley (1907–1961) married (i) Mr. Downing (ii) Alan William Napier-Clavering (1903−1988) Jennifer Raine Downing (1932–1993), actress, married...

Lord of Douglas to regain Scotland's independence Admiral Sir Charles John Napier (1786–1860), naval officer and MP Captain Ian Patrick Robert Napier...

Sir Thomas Napier Major-General William Craig Emilius Napier General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier Major-General Noel Warren Napier-Clavering DSO...

Hutchison Murray, (1913–1996) N Captain Ian Patrick Robert Napier MC, (1895–1977) Francis James Patrick Lilley, (1907–1971) O Captain Charles Lindsay...

(aka Mainy or Mary) Schaw Napier (born 5 Aug. 1756, died 9 Oct. 1806), the eldest daughter of William Napier, 7th Lord Napier, with whom he had three sons...

catalyst to Britain launching the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia under Robert Napier. He traveled from India, then a British colony, with more than 30,000 personnel...

He mentioned he had worked in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and at Keswick. Napier of Merchiston had shown him samples of gold ore. At the request of the Privy...

Lieutenant General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck GCB GCH PC (14 September 1774 – 17 June 1839), known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British military...

quinine could be extracted. Markham also served as geographer to Sir Robert Napier's Abyssinian expeditionary force, and was present in 1868, at the fall of...

Sir Charles Napier 1842: Major-General Sir William Gomm 1843–1849: Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot 1850–1855: Lieutenant General Lord Cathcart 1856–1859:...

H. Booth "'The Peril That Lurks Among Ruins'", by Joseph Payne Brennan "Napier Court", by Ramsey Campbell "Shaggai", by Lin Carter (Cthulhu Mythos tale)...

was well received, attracting the interest of celebrities such as Lord Francis Napier and William Gladstone who found it "an edifying work, eminently well...

Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024. Napier, p 595 Young, pp. 502–503 Hibbert, p 308 Young, pp. 497 – 498 Acton, p 310...

organization in 1997. Steve Rickard, born Sydney Mervin "Merv" Batt, grew up in Napier, New Zealand. He joined an amateur wrestling club at age 14, and left school...

T. K. Cheyne, DD F. J. Haverfield Professor Henry Jones Professor A. S. Napier Professor A. Seth Pringle Pattison Dr John Peile Professor W. M. Flinders...

measuring aids and calculating devices were developed in this period. John Napier introduced logarithms as a powerful mathematical tool. With the help of...

Philosophical Magazine 20, 21-37. Memoirs of John Napier of Merchiston: his lineage, life, and times by Mark Napier Macdonald, Kenneth (10 April 2013). "Behind...

1837–1842: General Lord Greenock 1842–1847: Lieutenant-General Sir Neil Douglas 1847–1852: General Henry Riddell 1852–1854: General Sir Thomas Napier 1854–1860:...

peer from 1784 to 1790 and as Queen's Chamberlain 1792 to 1818. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Fife from 1808 to 1824. He was also High Commissioner to the...

François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (b. 1775) October 11 – William Napier, 9th Lord Napier, British Navy officer, politician and diplomat (b. 1786) October...

almost as old as logarithms themselves. Logarithms had been invented by Lord Napier in 1614. As early as 1647, Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606-1682) in a...

Directory, Church Commissioners for England Annual Editions 1979 - 2020 Captain Napier George Henry Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington (1896-1940) Foster FRSM. MCIJ. SSC...

governments sought to maintain peace and good trade relations. However Lord Napier wanted to provoke a revolution in China that would open trade. The Foreign...