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Lieutenant general. Wars. Peninsular War. Sir George Thomas Napier KCB (30 June 1784 – 16 September 1855) was a British Army officer who saw service in the Peninsular War and later commanded the army of the Cape Colony .
28 de dez. de 2020 · NAPIER, Sir GEORGE THOMAS (1784–1855), general and governor of the Cape of Good Hope, second son by his second wife of Colonel George Napier [q. v.], was born at Whitehall, London, on 30 June 1784.
He became major-general in 1837, KCB in 1838 and lieutenant-general in 1846. He was governor and Commander-In-Chief of the army in the Cape Colony from 1839 to 1843, during which time the abolition of slavery and the expulsion of the Boers from Natal were the chief events.
George Napier tells of his early army life, which took him around Europe from Sicily to Sweden to Bordeaux, and writes of his admiration for the Duke of Wellington, hailing him as 'one of the greatest captains that ever lived'.
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SIR GEORGE THOMAS NAPIER, GOVERNOR– (continued) George McCall Theal; Book: History of South Africa since September 1795; Online publication: 05 March 2012; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511783227.010
George Thomas Napier; Edited by W. C. E. Napier; Book: Passages in the Early Military Life of General Sir George T. Napier, K.C.B. Published online: 05 May 2012 Print publication: 08 December 2011, pp 103-159 First published in: 1884; Chapter; Get access
Lieutenant general Sir George Thomas Napier KCB (30 June 1784 – 16 September 1855) entered the British army in 1800, and served with distinction under Sir John Moore and the Duke Wellington in the Peninsula—and lost his right arm at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, where, as a major in the 52nd Foot, he led the Light Division's storming party.
