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    Lord Napier, of Merchistoun, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1627 for Sir Archibald Napier, 1st Baronet. Earlier that year, he...
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    Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier, the 9th Laird Napier of Merchiston (c. 1576 – November 1645), was a Scottish politician and judge. In 1627 he was created...
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    Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala GCB GCSI FRS (6 December 1810 – 14 January 1890) was a British Indian Army officer. He...
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  • Merchiston Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier (c. 1576–1645) Archibald Napier, 2nd Lord Napier (c. 1625–1660) Archibald Napier, 3rd Lord Napier (died 1683)...
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    praising his valour by saying "nae peer". In 1625, Sir Archibald Napier of Merchiston, the first Lord Napier, presented an affidavit to the College of Heralds...
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  • George Napier, 11th Lord Napier, 2nd Baron Ettrick (1846–1913) was a British peer. William John George Napier was the son of Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier...
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  • Archibald Napier, 2nd Lord Napier (c. 1625–1660) was a Scottish peer and the grandson of John Napier of Merchiston. Archibald Napier was a nephew of James...
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  • comparable to the surname Draper. In 1625, Sir Archibald Napier of Merchiston, the first Lord Napier, presented an affidavit to the College of Heralds...
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  • 1st Lord Napier, 1st Baronet (c. 1575–1645) Archibald Napier, 2nd Lord Napier, 2nd Baronet (c. 1625–1660) Archibald Napier, 3rd Lord Napier, 3rd Baronet...
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    of the mathematician John Napier. He was born in Merchiston Castle the third son of the second marriage of Archibald Napier, 7th laird of Merchiston,...
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  • Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier 1631–?: John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair 1636-1649: Sir James Carmichael 1661–1671: William Bellenden, 1st Lord Bellenden...
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  • (1607–1661) Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Ormond (1609–1655) Archibald Primrose, Lord Carrington (1616–1679), Scottish lawyer, judge, and cavalier Lord Archibald...
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    Archibald Gavin Hamilton, Baron Hamilton of Epsom, PC (born 30 December 1941) is a British Conservative Party politician. A member of the House of Lords...
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    Merchiston Tower (category Clan Napier)
    supporters of her son, James VI. In March 1584 Edinburgh town council sold Archibald Napier of Edinbellie a piece of land to extend his garden. In 1659, the castle...
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  • married Sir John Colquhoun of Luss, 1st Baronet. Elizabeth Graham Margaret Graham married Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier of Merchiston Dorothea Graham married...
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  • 1784–1786: George Gordon, Lord Haddo 1786–1788: Francis Wemyss-Charteris, Lord Elcho 1788–1790: Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier 1790–1792: George Douglas...
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    Craik (1554) Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie (II) (1555) Sir William Hamilton of Sanquhar (1557) George Seton, 7th Lord Seton (1559) Archibald Douglas of...
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    of Lord Hobart, Governor of the Presidency of Madras) 1878: Lady Jane Baring 1878: Anne Napier, Baroness Napier (wife of Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier...
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    Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, PC (5 May 1883 – 24 May 1950) was a senior officer of the British Army...
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    Baron Penrhyn (redirect from Lord Penrhyn)
    Northampton South. He was succeeded by his son Hugh Napier, the fourth Baron. He notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire from 1933 to 1941....
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  • eldest son of the 1st Baron's second son, Archibald Douglas-Pennant (1837–1884). "Person Page". thepeerage.com. "Home". Hugh Napier Douglas-Pennant on...
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  • Group Captain Sir Archibald Philip Hope, 17th Baronet, OBE, DFC, AE (27 March 1912 – 12 July 1987) was a Scottish aristocrat and aviator who flew with...
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    Thomas Nicolson (b. 1984). Lord Napier of Merchistoun Nicolson Baronets Robert Drummond of Carnock "Arthur Nicholson, 1st baron Carnock". geni.com. Neilson...
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    likely installed on the south side of the church by Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier in 1637; it was moved to its present location during the Burn restoration...
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    parliament which met in September, Montrose found himself opposed by Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, who had gradually assumed leadership of the...
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  • Henry Montagu-Scott, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton (category Lord-Lieutenants of Selkirkshire)
    [citation needed] In 1823, he was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Selkirkshire, succeeding Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier and holding office until his death in...
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  • 4th Baronet as well as the 4th Lord Napier, which he inherited from his maternal uncle, Archibald Napier, 3rd Lord Napier. As the 4th Baronet died in 1688...
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    Club, founded by Archibald Maule Ramsay. His only son, the Hon. Thomas Freeman-Mitford, was killed in action in Burma in 1945. Lord Redesdale was therefore...
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    War I flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories William Napier, 9th Lord Napier (1786–1834), Royal Navy officer, politician and diplomat John Pitcairn...
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    of Harden. Francis Scott, son of the first marriage, became the sixth Lord Napier on the death of his grandmother, who was predeceased by his mother. Grant's...
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