NAPIER, George Thomas Conolly (eld. son of the preceding). b. 1815; ensign 52 foot 7 Sept. 1832; lieut. Cape mounted riflemen 23 Feb. 1839, lieut. col. 17 May 1850 to 28 Jany. 1853, when placed on h.p.; A.D.C. to the queen 20 June 1854 to Dec. 1861; deputy quartermaster general North America 1 July 1859 to 6 Dec. 1861; M.G. on the staff in Canada 6 Dec. 1861 to 1 Jany. 1867; col. 96 foot 14 June 1869 to 10 May 1872; col. 22 foot 10 May 1872 to death; L.G. 30 April 1871; C.B. 31 May 1853. d. Morpeth terrace, Victoria st. Westminster 5 May 1873.
NAPIER, Henry Alfred (youngest son of 8 baron Napier 1758–1823). b. 20 June 1797; ed. at Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1820, M.A. 1822; R. of Swyncombe, near Henley 13 Oct. 1826 to death; author of Historical notices of the parishes of Swyncombe and Ewelme, Oxfordshire 1858, 4to. 63/-, published by himself at Oxford. d. Swyncombe rectory 20 Nov. 1871. I.L.N. lix 531 (1871).
NAPIER, Henry Edward (brother of sir George Thomas Napier 1784–1855). b. 5 March 1789; entered navy 20 Sept. 1806; served in the East Indies 1808–11; lieutenant 4 May 1810; commanded the Goree, 18 guns, 7 June 1814, and afterwards the Rifleman, 18 guns, in the Bay of Fundy; placed on h.p. Aug. 1815, captain on h.p. 31 Dec. 1830; F.R.S. 18 May 1820; author of Florentine history, from the earliest authentic records to the accession of Ferdinand the third, 6 vols. 1846–7. d. 62 Cadogan place, London 13 Oct. 1853.
NAPIER, James. b. Partick, Glasgow June 1810; apprenticed to a dyer; studied at Glasgow univ.; lived in London and Swansea several years; returned to Glasgow about 1849–50, where he became closely associated with Anderson’s college and the technical school founded by James Young; author of A manual of electro-metallurgy 1851, 5 ed. 1876; A manual of the art of dyeing, Glasgow 1853; A manual of dyeing receipts 1855, 3 ed. 1875; The ancient workers in metal, from references in the Old Testament 1856; Stonehaven and its historical associations, 2 ed. 1870; Notes relating to Partick 1873; Manufacturing arts in ancient times 1874; Folk lore or superstitious beliefs in the West of Scotland 1879; illustrated J. Mac Arthur’s The antiquities of Arran 1861, 2 ed. 1873. d. Bothwell, Lanarkshire 1 Dec. 1884.
NAPIER, James Robert (son of Robert Napier of Shandon 1791–1876). b. Camlachie 12 Sept. 1821; educ. Glasgow high sch. and univ.; managed his father’s ship building at Govan 1841; invented plan of working outside plating of ships in alternate in and out strakes; a partner in firm of R. Napier and sons 1853–7; a shipbuilder on his own account a few years; engaged in West Scotland fishery co.; invented the graphic method of correcting deviations of a ship’s compass known as Napier’s Diagram 1851; invented Napier’s Glass coffee apparatus; took out many patents; a founder of Institution of engineers in Scotland, president 1863; F.R.S. 6 June 1867; M.I.N.A.; wrote 17 scientific papers; contributed to Macquorn Rankine’s Shipbuilding, theoretical and practical 1866; edited Francis Napier’s Australian notes. d. 22 Blythswood sq. Glasgow 13 Dec. 1879. Maclehose’s Glasgow Men (1886) 115, 118, 237–40, 243, 270 portrait; Nature xxi 206.
NAPIER, Sir Joseph, 1 Baronet (youngest son of Wm. Napier of Belfast, merchant, d. 1830). b. Belfast 26 Dec. 1804; ed. at Belfast academical institution; entered Trin. coll. Dublin Nov. 1820; B.A. 1825, M.A. 1828, LL.B. and LL.D. 1851; D.C.L. Oxford 1853; revived the Old College historical society, president 1854 to death; student at Gray’s Inn 1828; called to Irish bar 1831; the only lawyer in Dublin who had pupils; delivered lectures on the common law, and established a law institute in Dublin; Q.C. 6 Nov. 1844; much employed in appeals before the house of lords; contested univ. of Dublin 9 Aug. 1847; M.P. univ. of Dublin 1848–58; introduced and carried through the house of commons the ecclesiastical code, afterwards known as Napier’s ecclesiastical code; bencher of King’s Inns 1852; attorney general of Ireland March to Dec. 1852; P.C. Ireland 1852; a comr. on registration of title to land 18 Jany. 1854; lord chancellor of Ireland 10 March 1858 to June 1859; created baronet 26 March 1867; the special champion of the Irish church; vice-chancellor of Dublin univ. 1867 to Dec. 1879; one of the 26 members of the ritual commission June 1867; P.C. 11 Nov. 1868; member of judicial committee of privy council 11 Nov. 1868 to Jany. 1881; chief comr. of the great seal Ireland 11 March 1874 to 1 January 1875; edited with John C. Alcock Reports of cases argued in the courts of King’s Bench and exchequer chamber in Ireland 1831–3, Dublin 1834; author of A manual of precedents of forms and declarations on bills of exchange and promissory notes 1831; Digest of the civil bill and manor courts statutes, Dublin 1836, 2 ed. 1843; Essay on the communion service of the church of England or Rome, which shall govern Ireland 1851, 2 ed. 1851; and many Addresses and Speeches 1854–73. d. St. Leonard’s-on-Sea 9 Dec. 1882. bur. Mount Jerome cemetery, Dublin, memorial tablets in mortuary chapel of the cemetery and in St. Patrick’s cathedral. A. C. Ewald’s Life of Sir Joseph Napier (1887) portrait; O. J. Burke’s Lord chancellors of Ireland (1879) 293–307; Sir Joseph Napier’s Lectures, essays, and letters (1888) portrait; I.L.N. xiv 405 (1849) portrait, xxxiii 394 (1858) portrait; Graphic xxvii 60 (1883) portrait.
NAPIER, Macvey (son of Macvey Napier 1776–1847, editor of the Edinburgh Review 1829–47). b. 1807 or 1808; edited Selections from the correspondence of the late Macvey Napier 1879. d. 7 Pembroke villas, Richmond, Surrey 8 July 1893.
NAPIER, Mark (only son of Francis Napier of Edinburgh, writer to the signet). b. 24 July 1798; ed. at high school and univ. of Edinb.; advocate at Scottish bar 1820; sheriff depute of Dumfriesshire 4 Nov. 1844 to death, and of Galloway to death; author of Memoirs of John Napier of Merchiston 1834; History of the partition of the Lennox 1835; Montrose and the covenanters, 2 vols. 1838; Commentaries on the law of prescription in Scotland 1839, 2 ed. 1854; Memoirs of the Marquis of Montrose, 2 vols. 1856. d. 6 Ainslie place, Edinburgh 23 Nov. 1879. Journal of jurisprudence xxiii 652 (1880).
NAPIER, Peter. b. Dumbarton 1793; educ. Glasgow univ., M.A., D.D. 1847; assistant presbyterian minister at Port Glasgow 1815; minister of St. George’s in the Fields, Glasgow 1824; minister of Blackfriars ch. Glasgow 1845 to death; author of A course of lectures on infidelity 1842; Grace exhibited, grace communicated 1845. d. Glasgow 12 March 1865. H. Scott’s Fasti ii, part 1 p. 35 (1868); J. Smith’s Our Scottish clergy (1848) 315–22.
NAPIER, Robert (son of James Napier, blacksmith and millwright). b. Dumbarton 18 June 1791; apprenticed to his father 1807–12; blacksmith in Greyfriars’ Wynd, Glasgow 1815; ironfounder and engineer at the Camlachie works in Gallowgate 1821, constructed his first marine engine 1823 for the Leven; took extensive works, the Vulcan foundry in Washington st. 1828, and the Lancefield foundry on Anderston quay 1835, the works were sold 14 March 1877; engined all the paddle-wheel ships of the Cunard company 1840–55; took his sons into partnership 1853; opened a shipbuilding yard at Govan 1841, built his first ship the Vanguard 1843; began constructing iron ships 1850; built the Persia of 3,300 tons for the Cunard co. 1854; a juror at Paris exhibition 1855, received gold medal and legion of honour; built more than 300 vessels for the government and great companies 1856 to death; built men-of-war for the French, Turkish, Danish, and Dutch governments; M.I.C.E. 31 March 1840; M.I.M.E. 1856, president 1863–5. d. West Shandons, Glasgow 23 June 1876. Maclehose’s Glasgow Men (1886) 241–4 portrait; Engineering (1867) 594–7 portrait, (1876) 554–5; Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xlv 246–51 (1876) with list of all the vessels engined or built by him; Practical Mag. iii 1 (1874) portrait; Graphic xiv 44 (1876) portrait.