Background
Born the son of Lieutenant-General Sir George Thomas Napier and educated at Cheltenham College, William Napier served with the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), and subsequently with the King"s Own Scottish Borderers.
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William Napier
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He was Director-General of Military Education and fought at the recapture of Portuguese Natal in 1842, in the Scinde Campaign in 1845 and in the Crimean War in 1855. He went on to be Commandant of the Staff College, Sandhurst in 1861, Colonel of the Buffs from 1874 and Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from 1875.
