William Craig Emilius Napier


William Craig Emilius Napier was a British Army officer who became Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

Military career

Born the son of Lieutenant-General Sir George Thomas Napier and educated at Cheltenham College, William Napier served with the Buffs, and subsequently with the King's Own Scottish Borderers. He was Director-General of Military Education and fought at the recapture of Port 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 and Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst from 1875.
He was given the colonelcy of the Buffs from 1874 to 1882 and of the King's Own Scottish Borderers from 1882 to his death.

Family

He died in 1903. In 1845 he had married his cousin, Emily Cephalonia Napier, daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier; they had seven daughters and one son.