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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 was governor and commander-in chief at the Cape of Good Hope from 4 Oct. 1837 to 12 Dec. 1843. He enforced the abolition of slavery, abolished inland taxation, depending for colonial revenue on the customs duties, and ruled the colony for nearly seven years without a Kaffir war.
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.
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 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'.
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.
