George Thomas Napier
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Sir George Thomas Napier (1784 - September 16, 1855), entered the army in 1800, and served with distinction under Sir John Moore and the Duke Wellington in the Peninsula--and lost his right arm at the storming of Badajoz.
He became major-general in 1837, K.C.B. in 1838 and lieutenant-general in 1846. He was governor and Commander-In-Chief of the army in the Cape Colony from 1839 to 1843, during which time the abolition of slavery and the expulsion of the Boers from Natal were the chief events. He was offered, but declined, the chief command in India after Chillianwalla, and also that of the Sardinian army in 1849.
He became full general in 1854. He died at Geneva on the 16th of September 1855. His autobiography, Passages in the Early Military Life of General Sir GT Napier, was published by his surviving son, General WCE Napier (the author of an important work on outpost duty), in 1885.
See also
- Father Colonel George Napier (1751-1804)
- Brother Sir Charles James Napier (1782--1853) Commander-in-Chief in India. The city of Napier, New Zealand is named after him.
- Brother Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (1785 --1860), soldier and military historian.