Background
He was the eldest son of Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baronet, and succeeded to the baronetcy on 22 April 1637, having already been knighted in his own right on 23 April 1623.
He was the eldest son of Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baronet, and succeeded to the baronetcy on 22 April 1637, having already been knighted in his own right on 23 April 1623.
He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and was a member of Gray"s Inn.
He sat in Parliament as member for Corfe Castle in the Parliament of 1625-1626 and for Weymouth in that of 1628-1629, then represented Peterborough in the Long Parliament until being excluded in Pride"s Purge. Sir Robert married, first, Frances Thornhurst by whom he had one son, Robert. He settled his estate on these two sons, of whom the eldest, John, eventually inherited the baronetcy after the failure of the senior line.
Useless Parliament; 2nd Parliament of King Charles I.