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General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB (/ ˈ n eɪ p ɪər /; 10 August 1782 – 29 August 1853) was an officer and veteran of the British Army's Peninsular and 1812 campaigns, and later a major general of the Bombay Army, during which period he led the British military conquest of Sindh, before serving as the governor of Sindh, and Commander-in ...
Sir Charles James Napier (born August 10, 1782, London, England—died August 29, 1853, Portsmouth, Hampshire) was a British general, who conquered (1843) Sind (now in Pakistan) and served as its governor (1843–47).
A bronze statue of Charles James Napier by the sculptor George Gammon Adams stands in Trafalgar Square in London, United Kingdom. It occupies one of the four plinths in Trafalgar Square, the one to the southwest of Nelson's Column.
Jun 20, 2024 · Heroic, ambitious, opinionated and independent to the point of insubordination, Sir Charles James Napier (1782–1853) was an inspiring leader. Published in 1857 in four volumes, this is the story of Napier's remarkable, action-packed and often controversial life and military career, as told by his brother William.
May 27, 2024 · Sir Charles James Napier. (1782—1853) army officer. Quick Reference. (1782–1853). Soldier. Napier was commissioned into the army at the age of 12. He served in the Peninsular War (1808–11) and in the American War (1812–14). From 1819 to 1830 he was a military resident in Greece.
May 29, 2018 · Napier, Sir Charles James (1782–1853). Soldier. Napier was commissioned into the army at the age of 12 thanks to the patronage of his cousin and namesake, Charles James Fox. He served in the Peninsular War (1808–11) and in the American War (1812–14).
SIR CHARLES JAMES NAPIER (1782-1853), British soldier and statesman, was born at Whitehall, London, in 1782, being the eldest son of Colonel George Napier (a younger son of the fifth lord Napier), and of his wife, the Lady Sarah Lennox who had charmed King George III.
SIR CHARLES JAMES NAPIER (1782-1853) Introduction. Sir Charles Napier had a remarkable military career, starting with the Napoleonic Wars and continuing into the middle of the 19th century with a variety of overseas campaigns and in particular in India.
Feb 28, 2018 · Edward Beasley begins his comprehensive biography of Charles James Napier by noting the existence of two very different assessments of his subject. For historians of Chartism, Napier is seen as a h...
Nov 24, 2016 · General Charles James Napier was sent to confront the tens of thousands of Chartist protestors marching through the cities of the North of England in the late 1830s. A well-known leftist who agreed with the Chartist demands for democracy, Napier managed to keep the peace.
