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Napier, Sir Charles (1786-1860) Knight Admiral

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Surname: Napier
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Charles
Gender: Male
Date: 1786-1860
Title: Knight
History: Admiral in the Royal Navy. On active service during Napoleonic wars. In command of the Portuguese fleet 1833. Ennobled in the Portuguese peerage. Saw service in the Levant. MP for Marylebone 1841 & Southwark 1855. Commanded expedition to the Baltic 1854.
Biography: ODNB link for Napier, Sir Charles (1786-1860) Knight Admiral
References: PROCAT; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275625 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P126365 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Charles Napier
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 40018-55
2
1813-60: letters received
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
NAP
NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
3
c1840-56: letters and papers
The National Archives
PRO 30/16
4
c1814: narrative of the operations in the Potomac by the squadron under Captain Sir JA Gordon
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division
See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
5
1841-55: corresp with Lord Aberdeen
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 43237-55 passim
6
c1830-1855: corresp with Admiral MFF Berkeley and Admiralty
Berkeley Castle Muniments
main series list no. 18
NRA 21647 Berkeley
7
1854-55: letters to Sir Andrew Buchanan
Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
Bu
NRA 8677 Buchanan
8
1840-45: letters (28) to Edward Davies Davenport
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
BDM
NRA 592
9
1831: letters to Henry Duncan
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS413
NRA 12609
10
1840-41: corresp with Lord Minto
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
ELL/230
NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
11
letters to Sir William Napier
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Eng lett d 238
NRA 13979 Napier
12
1833-59: corresp with Lord Palmerston
University of Southampton Library
MS 62
NRA 12889
13
1840-41: letters to Viscount Ponsonby
Durham University Library and Collections
GRE/E431
NRA 6228 Grey
14
letters to Lord Tweeddale
British Library: Asian and African Studies
MSS Eur F 96
NRA 27520