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General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB (/ ˈ n eɪ p i ər / NAY-pee-ər; [1] 10 August 1782 – 29 August 1853) was an officer and veteran of the British Army's Peninsular and 1812 campaigns, and later a major general of the Bombay Army, during which period he led the British military conquest of Sindh, before serving as the governor of Sindh ...
Charles James Napier (ur. 10 sierpnia 1782, zm. 29 sierpnia 1853 w Oaklands niedaleko Portsmouth) – brytyjski generał i naczelny dowódca w Indiach. Zdobywca prowincji Sindh w dzisiejszym Pakistanie. Najstarszy syn pułkownika George’a Napiera i lady Sarah Lennox, córki 2. księcia Richmond i Lennox.
Learn about the British general and colonial governor who conquered Sind and served in the Second Sikh War. Find out his role in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and his famous dispatch "Peccavi".
29 maj 2018 · Napier, Sir Charles James (1782–1853). Soldier. Napier was commissioned into the army at the age of 12 thanks to the patronage of his cousin and namesake, Charles James Fox. He served in the Peninsular War (1808–11) and in the American War (1812–14).
Heroic, ambitious, opinionated and independent to the point of insubordination, Sir Charles James Napier (1782–1853) was an inspiring leader. Published in 1857 in four volumes, this is the story of Napier's remarkable, action-packed and often controversial life and military career, as told by his brother William.
28 lut 2018 · Edward Beasley begins his comprehensive biography of Charles James Napier by noting the existence of two very different assessments of his subject. For historians of Chartism, Napier is seen as a h...
Sir Charles James Napier was a British General and Commander-in-Chief of the army of the East India Company. When Napier first assumed command at a station in Poona (Pune), India, in 1841, he hoped to 'catch the rupees', that is, make money for his daughters.
