Napier, Lord Francis

b. 1819

d. 1898

Lord Francis Napier, diplomat, was born on 15 September 1819. Serving in diplomatic offices since 1840, Napier was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the United States from 21 January 1857 to 13 December 1858, when he transferred to the Hague.He was appointed British ambassador to Russia 11 December 1860, ambassador to Germany on 15 September 1864, and governor of Madras from 1866 to 1872. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Napier on 16 July 1872.

Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage (London: Harrison and Sons, 1885). BCDES 32-.2. Name Needed. Later Burke or other info?

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Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 8 July 1857, CO 305:8, no. 6275, 295.
Labouchere, Henry to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 16 July 1857, LAC RG7:G8C/1, 526.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 7 December 1857, CO 305:8, no. 1621, 257.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 10 March 1858, CO 305:9, no. 2364, 373.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Stanley, Lord Edward Henry 17 May 1858, CO 305:9, no. 6666, 84.
FitzGerald, James Edward to Merivale, Herman 18 August 1858, CO 305:9, no. 8408, 383.
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 2 September 1858, CO 398:1, 88.
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 2 September 1858, CO 398:1, 88.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 2 September 1858, CO 6:26, no. 8967, 496.
FitzGerald, James Edward to Merivale, Herman 20 September 1858, CO 60:2, no. 9628, 87.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 23 September 1858, CO 60:2, no. 9790, 143.
FitzGerald, James Edward to Merivale, Herman 30 September 1858, CO 305:9, no. 9988, 404.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 6 November 1858, CO 60:1, no. 540, 373.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 12 November 1858, CO 305:9, no. 552, 220.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 17 November 1858, CO 305:9, no. 516, 215.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 20 November 1858, CO 60:2, no. 11989, 105.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 12 December 1858, CO 305:9, no. 12929, 413.
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 29 December 1858, LAC RG7:G8C/6, 488.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 12 January 1859, CO 6:30, no. 1128, 459.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 19 January 1859, CO 6:30, no. 173, 46.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 19 January 1859, CO 60:5, no. 734, 431.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 19 January 1859, CO 60:5, no. 828, 439.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 31 January 1859, CO 60:5, no. 1117, 452.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 31 January 1859, CO 60:5, no. 1116, 447.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 9 February 1859, CO 60:5, no. 1502, 460.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 30 March 1859, CO 305:12, no. 3320, 162.
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 2 April 1859, LAC RG7:G8C/7, 188.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 13 April 1859, CO 305:12, no. 4083, 164.
Carnarvon, Earl to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 25 April 1859, LAC RG7:G8C/7, 302.

Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

Napier, Lord Francis