See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• NAPIER
• NAPIER, JOHN (1550-1617)
• SIR CHARLES NAPIER (1786-1860)
• NAPIER, SIR CHARLES JAMES (1782-1853)
• NAPIER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS PATRICK (1785-1860)

NAPIER (1786-1860)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, was the second son of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain the Hon . See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• NAPIER
• NAPIER, JOHN (1550-1617)
• NAPIER, SIR CHARLES (1786-1860)
• NAPIER, SIR CHARLES JAMES (1782-1853)
• NAPIER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS PATRICK (1785-1860)

Napier, R.N., and See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis, fifth See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Napier . He was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Merchiston See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, near See also:

• FALKIRK

Falkirk, on the 6th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1786 . He became a See also:

• MIDSHIPMAN

midshipman in 1800, and was promoted See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in 1805 . He was appointed to the " Courageux " (74), and was See also:

• PRESENT

present in her at the See also:

• ACTION

action in which the See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron under See also:

• SIR

Sir J . B . See also:

• WARREN
• WARREN, GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE (183o-1882)
• WARREN, JOSEPH (1741—1775)
• WARREN, MERCY (1728—1814)
• WARREN, MINTON (1850-1907)
• WARREN, SAMUEL (1807-1877)
• WARREN, SIR JOHN BORLASE, BART
• WARREN, WILLIAM (1812-1888)

Warren took the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French " See also:

• MARENGO

Marengo " (8o) and " Belle Poule " (40), on the 13th of March 1806 in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies . After re-turning See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home with Warren he went back to the West Indies in the " St See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George " and was appointed acting See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the " See also:

• PULTUSK

Pultusk " brig . The See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank was confirmed on the 3oth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1807 . In See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1808 he was moved into the " Recruit " (18), and in her fought an action with the " Diligent " (18), in which his thigh was broken . In See also:

• APRIL

April 1809 he took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of the " Hautpoult " (74), and was promotedacting See also:

• POST

post captain . His rank was confirmed, but he was put on See also:

• HALF

half-pay, when he came home with a See also:

• CONVOY

convoy .

He spent some 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 at the university of See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, and then went to See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal to visit his See also:

• COUSINS, SAMUEL (18o1-1887)

cousins in See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington's See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . In 1811 he served in the Mediterranean, and in 1813 on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• AMERICA

America and in the expedition up the See also:

• POTOMAC

Potomac . The first years of his leisure he spent in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, but speculated so much in a steamboat enterprise that by 1827 he was quite ruined . In that See also:

• YEAR

year he was appointed to the " Galatea " (42), and was at the See also:

• AZORES (Acores), or WESTERN ISLANDS

Azores when they were held by the See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count de See also:

• VILLA

Villa See also:

• FLOR, ROGER DI

Flor for the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of Portugal . He so much impressed the constitutional leaders that they begged him to take command of the See also:

• FLEET

fleet, which offer he accepted in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1833 . With it he destroyed the Miguelite fleet off Cape St See also:

• VINCENT (or VINCENTIUS), ST
• VINCENT, GEORGE (1796-1831?)
• VINCENT, MARY ANN (1818-1887)

Vincent on See also:

• JULY

July 5, and on the demand of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France was struck off the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• NAVY

navy See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list . Continuing his Portuguese services, he commanded the See also:

• LAND

land forces on the successful See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon in 1834, when he was made See also:

• GRAND

Grand Commander of the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower and See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

Sword, and Count Cape St Vincent in the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage of Portugal . On his return to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England he was re-stored to his former rank in the navy 1836, and received command of the " Powerful " (84), in 1838 . When troubles See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out in See also:

• SYRIA

Syria he was appointed second in command, and distinguished himself by leading the storming See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column at See also:

• SIDON (Phoen. ins, Hebrew 1-rs, Assyr. Sidunnu, Egypt. Diduna)

Sidon on See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 26, 1840, and by other services, for which he was made a K.C.B . He went on half-pay in 1841, and was in 1842 elected M.P. for 1vIarylebone in the Liberal See also:

• INTEREST

interest, but lost his seat in 1846 . He was promoted See also:

• REAR

rear-admiral the same year, and commanded the Channel fleet from 1846 to 1848 . On the outbreak of the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War he received the command of the fleet destined to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act in the Baltic, and hoisted his See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag in February 1854 .

Ile refused to attack Cronstadt, and a See also:

• GREAT

great outcry was raised against him for not obeying the orders of the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

Admiralty and attempting to See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm the See also:

• KEY
• KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
• KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
• KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
• KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)

key of St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg; but his inaction has been thoroughly justified by posterity . On his return in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1854 he was hot again offered a command . He was elected M.P. for See also:

• SOUTHWARK

Southwark in February 1855, and maintained his seat, though broken in See also:

• HEALTH

health, until his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 6th of November 1860 . Sir Charles Napier was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of undoubted See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy and courage, but of no less eccentricity and vanity . He caused great offence to many of his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• OFFICERS

officers by his behaviour to his See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior, Admiral Stopford, in the Syrian War, and was embroiled all his See also:

• LIFE

life in quarrels with the Admiralty . See See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General E . Napier's Life and See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence of Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B . (2 vols., See also:

• LONDON

London, 1862); Napier's own War in Syria (2 vols., 1842); The Navy: its past and present See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, in a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of letters, edited by Sir W . F . P . Napier (1851); and The See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Baltic See also:

• CAMPAIGN

Campaign of 1854, from documents and other materials furnished by See also:

• VICE

Vice-Admiral Sir C . Napier, K.C.B .

(1857) . See also The Life and Exploits of See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

Commodore Napier (1841); and Life of Vice-Admiral Sir C . Napier (1854) .