Background
He was the son of Robert Napier of Punknoll (d 1686), the grandson of Sir Nathaniel Napier, also an Member of Parliament, and the great-grandson of Sir Robert Napier, a judge who had been Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Robert Napier
Edit ProfileEducation
Trinity College.
Career
Early Life and He was educated at of Trinity College, Oxford. In 1681, while he served as High Sheriff of Dorset, he was knighted.
Membership
He was subsequently raised to the Baronetage of Punknoll on 25 February 1682, after which he served as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Weymouth (from 1689 to 1690) and Dorchester (in 1690 and from 1698 to his death in 1700).
