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 348 DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. Sons, William John George, Master of Napier, b. 1846 ; appointed Attache at Athens, 1870, and at Berlin, 1871, and a third Secretary in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, 1873. John Scott, b. 1848. Mark Francis, b. Ib52. Brother living, William, b. 1821, m. 1854. Sisters living, Maria Margaret, b. 1817, m. 1837, (Hubbard). Georgiana Louisa, b. 1818. Eliza, b. 1822, m. 1847, Sir J. C. D. Hay, 3rd Bart. M.P. Anne Carmichael, b. 1824, m. 1847, (Hope). Elinor Alice, b. 1829,. 1853, (Dalrymple). Creations, Baron Napier of Merchistoun, in the peerage of Scotland, l6->7 Baron Ettrick of Ettrick, in the county of Selkirk, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, ib72. A Baronet of Nova Scotia, 1660. arms, Quarterly : 1st and 4th, argent, a saltire engrailed, or, between four roses, gules, Ttapier ; 2nd and 3rd, or, within a double tressure flory 'coutiterflory, azure, a bend," of the second, charged with a star of six points, argent, between two crescents of the field, Scott of Thirlestane. (Crests, 1st, A dexter arm erect, couped helow the elbow, proper, the hand grasping a crescent, argent ; 2nd, the battlements of a tower, from which issue six lances, wiih pennons in saltire, three and three, Scott of Thirlestune. Supporters, Dexter, an eagle, wings inverted, proper ; sinister, a man in complete armour, holding in his left hand a tilting suear. with a. pennon, all proper. ~ Seat, Thirlestane, Selkirk, N.B. Town Residence, I, Queen-square, Westminster. Clubs, St. James's. Athenaeum. NAPIER, Baron, His lordship's predecessor was his father, William John, 8th Baron Napier. He was b. Oct. 13, 1/86, and succeeded his father, Aug. 1, 1823 -, was a Capt. in the Royal Navy: m. March 28, 1H6, Eliza, daughter of the Hon. A. J. Cochrane Johnstone; and d. Oct. 11, 1834, having had issue two sons and six daughters. NAPIER, Dowager Baroness, ELIZA, daughter of the Hon. Andrew James C'ochrane Johnstone ; b. 1794: m. 1816, the 8th Baron Napier, who d. 1834. Residence, NAPIER OF MAGDALA, BARON. (NAPIER.) ROBERT CORNELIS NAPIER, G.C.B. G.C.S I. F.R.S. 1st Baron, son of Major C. F Napier, R.A., by Catherine, daughter of Codrington Carrington, Esq. of < ar-r rington, Barbados. Born December 6th, 18iO; educated at Addisoombe. Joined the Bengal Engineers as Lieut, in 1828, and became (apt. 1841, Major, 1846, Lieut.-Col. 1849, Col. 1854, Lieut. Gen. 1865, and Gen., and Col Commandant 1874 ; served throughout the ISutlej cam- _ paign of 18456, the Punjab campaign, ' Break thou the chains. 184S 9, in the Indian Mutiny, in the China campaign, and in the Abyssinian campaign ; was present inter alia in the actions of Moodki, Sobraon, and Ferozeshah, the occupation of Lahore, the reduction of Fort Kangra, the siege of Mooltan, the actions of Soorey Round an-1 Goojerat, the first relief, defence and recapture of Lucknow, the actions of Morar and Gwalior, and the defeat of Ta.nt.ia Topee at Joura-Allipore, the capture of the Fort of I'owrie and defeat of Ferozeshah at Ranode. Commanded the 2nd division of the Forces under Sir Hope Grant in the China campaign, and with the French division of General Collineau, conducted the operations ending in the storming of the North Taku Fort, and the occupation of Pekin. Twice re- ceived the thanks of Parliament. Was a Member of the Supreme Council of India, 1861 5. Appointed to command the Bombay Army, 1865, and to the chief command of the Abyssinian Expedition, 1867, which he brought