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General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier KCB (7 December 1785 – 12 February 1860) was a British soldier in the British Army and a military historian.
William Francis Patrick Napier (Celbridge, condado de Kildare, 17 de Dezembro de 1785 — Londres, 10 de Fevereiro de 1860), militar e historiador britânico que se distinguiu na Guerra Peninsular. [1]
Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (born December 17, 1785, Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland—died February 10, 1860, Clapham Park, Surrey, England) was a British general and historian who fought in the Napoleonic Wars, particularly in the Peninsular War in Spain and Portugal.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick (1785–1860), general and historian, was born 17 December 1785 at Castletown, near Celbridge, Co. Kildare, third son of Col. the Hon. George Napier and his second wife, Lady Sarah Lennox, seventh daughter of the duke of Richmond and previously wife of Sir Charles Thomas Bunbury, MP.
General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier KCB (7 December 1785– 12 February 1860), Irish soldier in the British Army and military historian, third son of Colonel George Napier (1751–1804) and his wife, Lady Sarah Lennox (1845-1826) was born at Celbridge, near Dublin.
- Celbridge
- December 17, 1785
- Caroline Amelia Napier
- February 12, 1860
Napier was grief-stricken at the death of the Duke of Wellington in September 1852; he was one of the general officers selected to carry banderoles at the funeral. Napier's brother Charles died in August 1853, and Napier succeeded him in the Colonelcy of the 22nd regiment.
17 de nov. de 2008 · Cover title: Napier's Peninsular War. ... Napier, William Francis Patrick, Sir, 1785-1860. Publication date 1873 Topics Peninsular War, 1807-1814 Publisher
