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Sir Robert Napier

Field Marshal The Right Honourable
The Lord Napier of Magdala
GCB, GCSI, FRS
Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala portrait photograph by John Watkins.jpg
Governor of Gibraltar
In office
23 June 1876 – 3 January 1883
Monarch Victoria
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by Sir William Williams
Succeeded by Sir John Miller Adye
Acting Viceroy of India
In office
21 November 1863 – 2 December 1863
Monarch Victoria
Prime Minister The Viscount Palmerston
Preceded by The Earl of Elgin
Succeeded by Sir William Denison
As Acting Viceroy
Personal details
Born (1810-12-06)6 December 1810
Ceylon
Died 14 January 1890(1890-01-14) (aged 79)
London, England
Alma mater Addiscombe Military Seminary
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch

Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg East India Company /

British Raj Red Ensign.svg Indian Army
Years of service 1828–1890
Rank Field Marshal
Commands Bombay Army
Commander-in-Chief, India
Battles/wars First Anglo-Sikh War
Second Anglo-Sikh War
Indian Mutiny
Second Opium War
Expedition to Abyssinia
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India

Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg East India Company /

Field Marshal Robert Cornelius Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala GCB, GCSI, FRS (6 December 1810 – 14 January 1890) was an Indian Army officer. He fought in the First Anglo-Sikh War and the Second Anglo-Sikh War before seeing action as chief engineer during the second relief of Lucknow in March 1858 during the Indian Mutiny. He also served in the Second Opium War as commander of the 2nd division of the expeditionary force which took part in the Battle of Taku Forts in August 1860, the entry to Peking in September 1860 and the destruction of the Old Summer Palace in October 1860. He subsequently led the punitive expedition to Abyssinia July 1867, defeating the Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia with minimal loss of life among his own forces and rescuing the hostages of Tewodros.


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