Sir Charles Napier

(1786-1860)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Napier, Charles, 1786-1860 NRA: Napier, Sir Charles (1786-1860) Knight Admiral DNB: Napier, Sir Charles (1786–1860), naval officer and politician LBT ID: ChNapie1860 VIAF ID: 41972795 LOC ID: n96042207	B/BAP: 1786-03-06 DIED: 1860-11-06
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The son of Captain Charles Napier (d. 1807); he was a naval officer in the Napoleonic Wars and afterwards an admiral, innovator in ship design, author, and Liberal MP.
REFERENCES TO Sir Charles Napier: Sydney Smith to Sir George Philips, 13 September 1842 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 3 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1842