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Lieutenant general. Wars. Peninsular War. Sir George Thomas Napier KCB (30 June 1784 – 16 September 1855) was a British Army officer who saw service in the Peninsular War and later commanded the army of the Cape Colony .
28 de dic. de 2020 · NAPIER, Sir GEORGE THOMAS (1784–1855), general and governor of the Cape of Good Hope, second son by his second wife of Colonel George Napier [q. v.], was born at Whitehall, London, on 30 June 1784. Unlike his elder brother Charles, he was a dunce at school.
Sir George Thomas Napier: Nacimiento: el 30 de junio de 1784 Whitehall (Londres) Fallecimiento: el 16 de septiembre de 1855. Génova: Nacionalidad: inglés, Inglaterra: Padres: George Napier y Lady Sarah Bunbury
Lieutenant-General Sir George Thomas Napier KCB (30 June 1784 – 16 September 1855) entered the British army in 1800, and served with distinction under Sir John Moore and the Duke Wellington in the Peninsula--and lost his right arm at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, where, as a Major in the 52nd Foot, he led the Light Division's storming party.
George Napier tells of his early army life, which took him around Europe from Sicily to Sweden to Bordeaux, and writes of his admiration for the Duke of Wellington, hailing him as 'one of the greatest captains that ever lived'.
Lieutenant-General Sir George Thomas Napier KCB (30 June 1784 – 16 September 1855) entered the British army in 1800, and served with distinction under Sir John Moore and the Duke Wellington in the Peninsula —and lost his right arm at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, where, as a Major in the 52nd Foot, he led the Light Division 's storming party.
5 de mar. de 2012 · MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE THOMAS NAPIER, GOVERNOR, INSTALLED 22ND JANUARY 1838; RETIRED 18TH MARCH 1844; George McCall Theal; Book: History of South Africa since September 1795; Online publication: 05 March 2012; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511783227.009
