1ST See also:BARON See also:ROBERT CORNELIS See also:NAPIER NAPIER OF See also:MAGDALA (1810-189o)
, See also:British See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field-See also:marshal, son of See also:Major See also:Charles See also:Frederick See also:Napier, who was wounded at the storming of Meester Cornelis (Aug
.
26, 1810) in See also:Java and died some months later, was See also:born at See also:Colombo, See also:Ceylon, on the 6th of See also:December 181o
.
He entered the See also:Bengal See also:Engineers from Addiscombe See also:College in 1826, and after the usual course of instruction at See also:Chatham, arrived in See also:India in See also:November 1828
.
For some years he was employed in the See also:irrigation See also:branch of the public See also:works See also:department, and in 1838 he laid out the new See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill station at See also:Darjeeling
.
Promoted See also:captain in See also:January 1841, he was appointed to See also:Sirhind, where he laid out cantonments on a new principle—known as the Napier See also:system—for the troops returning from See also:Afghanistan
.
In December 1845 he joined the See also:army of the See also:Sutlej, and commanded the Engineers at the See also:battle of Mudki, where he had a See also:horse shot under him
.
At the battle of See also:Ferozeshah on the 31st December he again had his horse shot under him, an.d, joining the 31st See also:Regiment on See also:foot, was severely wounded in storming the entrenched See also:Sikh See also:camp
.
He was See also:present at the battle of See also:Sobraon on loth See also:February 1846, and in the advance to See also:Lahore; was mentioned in despatches for his services in the See also:campaign, and received a See also:brevet See also:majority
.
He was See also:chief engineer at the reduction of Kote-See also:Kangra by Brigadier-See also:General See also:Wheeler in May 1846, and received the thanks of See also:government
.
He was then appointed consulting engineer to the See also:Punjab See also:resident and See also:council of regency, but was again called to the field to See also:direct the See also:siege of See also:Multan
.
He was wounded in the attack,on the entrenched position in See also:September 1848, but was present at the See also:action of Shujabad, the See also:capture of the suburbs, the successful See also:storm of Multan on 23rd January 1849, and the surrender of the fort of Chiniot
.
He then joined See also:Lord See also:Gough, took See also:part, as commanding engineer of the right wing, in the battle of See also:Gujrat in February 1849, accompanied See also:Sir W
.
R
.
See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert in his pursuit of the Sikhs and Afghans, and was present at the passage of the See also:Jhelum, the surrender of the Sikh army, and the surprise of See also:Attock
.
For his services he was mentioned in despatches and received a brevet See also:lieutenant-colonelcy
.
At the See also:close of the See also:war Napier was appointed See also:civil engineer to the See also:board of See also:administration of the annexed Punjab See also:province, and carried out many important public works during his See also:tenure of See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office
.
In December 1852 he commanded a See also:column in the first See also:Hazara expedition, and in the following See also:year against the Boris; and for his services in these See also:campaigns was mentioned in despatches, received the See also:special thanks of government and a brevet-colonelcy
.
He was appointed military secretary and See also:adjutant-general to Sir See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Outram's force for the See also:relief of See also:Lucknow in the See also:Indian See also:Mutiny in 1857, and was engaged in the actions which culminated in the first relief of Lucknow
.
He directed the See also:defence of Lucknow until the second relief, when he was severely wounded in See also:crossing a very exposed space with Outram and See also:Havelock to meet Sir See also:Colin See also:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
Campbell
.
He was chief of the See also:staff to Outram in the defence of the See also:Alambagh position, and See also:drew up the See also:plan of operations for the attack of Lucknow, which was approved by Sir Colin Camp-See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell and carried out by Napier, as brigadier-general commanding the Engineers, in See also:March 1858
.
On the fall of Lucknow Napier was most favourably mentioned in despatches, and made C.B
.
He joined Sir See also:Hugh See also:Rose as second-in-command in his march on See also:Gwalior, and commanded the 2nd See also:brigade at the action of See also:Morar on the 16th See also:June
.
On the fall of Gwalior he was entrusted with the task of pursuing the enemy
.
With only 700 men he came up with Tantia Topi and 12,000 men on the plains of See also:Jaora See also:Alipur, and completely defeated him, capturing all his guns (25), See also:ammunition and baggage
.
On Sir Hugh Rose's departure he took command of the Gwalior See also:division, captured Paori in See also:August, routed Ferozeshah, a See also:prince of the See also:house of See also:Delhi, at Ranode in December, and, in January 1859, succeeded in securing the surrender of See also:Man Singh and Tantia Topi, which ended the war
.
For his services Napier received the thanks of See also:parliament and of the Indian government, and was made K.C.B
.
In January 186o Napier was appointed to the command of the 2nd division of the expedition to See also:China under Sir See also:Hope See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
Grant, and took part in the action of Sinho, the storm of the Peiho forts, and the entry to See also:Peking
.
For his services he received the thanks of parliament, and was promoted major-general for distinguished service in the field
.
For the next four years Napier was military member of the council of the See also:governor-general of India and, on the sudden See also:death of Lord See also:Elgin, for a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time acted as governor-general, until the arrival of Sir W
.
T
.
See also:Denison from See also:Madras
.
In January 1865 he was given the command of the Bombay army, in March 1867 he was promoted lieutenant-general, and, later in that year, appointed to command the expedition to See also:Abyssinia, selecting his own troops and making all the preparations for the campaign
.
He arrived at Annesley See also:Bay in the Red See also:Sea See also:early in January 1868, reached See also:Magdala, 420 M. from the See also:coast, in See also:April; stormed the stronghold, freed the captives, razed the See also:place to the ground, returned to the coast, and on the 18th June the last man of the expedition had See also:left See also:Africa
.
He received for his services the thanks of parliament, a See also:pension, a See also:peerage, the G.C.B. and the G.C.S.I
.
The freedom of the cities of See also:London and See also:Edinburgh was conferred upon him, with presentation swords, and the See also:universities bestowed upon him honorary degrees
.
In 1869 he was elected a See also:fellow of the Royal Society
.
He held the command-in-chief in India for six years from 1870, during which he did much to benefit the army and to encourage See also:good See also:shooting
.
He was promoted general in 1874, and appointed a See also:colonel-commandant of the Royal Engineers
.
In 1876 he was the See also:guest of the See also:German See also:crown prince at the military manoeuvres, and from that year until 1883 held the government and command of See also:Gibraltar
.
In the See also:critical See also:state of affairs in 1877 he was nominated See also:commander-in-chief of the force which it was proposed to send to See also:Constantinople
.
In 1879 he was a member of the royal See also:commission on army organization, and in November of that year he represented See also:Queen See also:Victoria at See also:Madrid as See also:ambassador extra-See also:ordinary on the occasion of the second See also:marriage of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Spain
.
On the 1st of January 1883 he was promoted to be field-marshal, and in December 1886 appointed See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
Constable of the See also:Tower of London
.
He died in London on the 14th of January 1890
.
His remains received a state funeral, and were buried in St See also:Paul's See also:Cathedral on the 21st of January
.
He was twice married, and left a large See also:family by each wife, his eldest son, See also:Robert See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William (b
.
1845), succeeding to his See also:barony
.
A statue of him on horseback by See also:Boehm was erected at See also:Calcutta when he left India, and a replica of it was afterwards set up to his memory in See also:Waterloo Place, London
.
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