William Napier, 7th Lord Napier
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William Napier was the son of Francis Napier, 6th Lord NapierFrancis Napier, 6th Lord Napier
-Family:Born Francis Scott, he was the son of Sir William Scott, 2nd Baronet of Thirlestane, and Elizabeth Napier, Mistress of Napier. Upon the death of his maternal grandmother Margaret Brisbane, 5th Lady Napier, he achieved the title Lord Napier and changed his last name to Napier; upon the death...
and Henrietta Hope (daughter of Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun
Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun
Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun KT was a Scottish nobleman.He was the son of John Hope of Hopetoun, grandson of Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet of Craighall, Fife. John Hope purchased the barony of Niddry Castle from the Earl of Winton around 1680...
and Henrietta Hope, Countess of Hopetoun
Henrietta Hope, Countess of Hopetoun
Henrietta Hope , Countess of Hopetoun was a Scottish noblewoman born in Lockwood, Dumfries, Scotland. She was the daughter of Sir William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale and Sophia Fairholm...
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In 1754 he married Mary Cathcart, a daughter of Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart, and they had a son, Francis Napier
Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier
Francis Scott Napier, 8th Lord Napier was a British peer and army officer.Napier was born in Ipswich in 1758, the son of Hon. William Napier and his wife, the Hon...
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He achieved the title Lord Napier in 1773, two years before his death, at which point it passed to his son.