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Napier, Sir Charles James, (1782-1853), Knight, General, colonial governor

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Surname: Napier
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Charles James
Gender: Male
Date: 1782-1853
Title: Knight
History: Lieutenant-General.
Biography: ODNB link for Napier, Sir Charles James (1782-1853), Knight General, Colonial Governor
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275418 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P126327 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Charles James Napier
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1798-1854: Lt-General Sir Charles J Napier: Papers
The National Archives, Kew
PRO 30/64
2
1751 - c1858: Admiral Sir Charles Napier: Papers
The National Archives, Kew
PRO 30/16
3
1854-1858: Trafalgar Square: statue of Sir Charles Napier
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 20/32
4
1798-1853: corresp and papers
The National Archives
PRO 30/64
See HMC Papers of British colonial governors 1782-1900, 1986
5
1823-31: corresp and papers rel to Cephalonia
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 41063
6
1800-53: corresp and papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 49105-47, 54510-63
NRA 8120
7
1800-53: family and misc Indian corresp and papers
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Eng lett c 240-41, d 230; misc e 603
NRA 13979 Napier
8
1842-51: corresp and papers rel to India
British Library: Asian and African Studies
MSS Eur C 123
9
1842: memorandum rel to Sind
British Library: Asian and African Studies
MSS Eur F 87-89
NRA 27517 Elphinstone
10
c1822-29: letters and papers to him rel to blockade of the Morcea and Greece
Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch
E18/740/56 (p214)
NRA 41001 Bunbury
11
misc corresp
Cheshire Military Museum
See British Archives, 4th edn 2002
12
corresp with Sir George Clerk
British Library: Asian and African Studies
MSS Eur D 538
NRA 27446
13
corresp rel to Thomas Cochrane
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD233
NRA 8150 Cochrane
14
1842-58: corresp with Lord Ellenborough
The National Archives
PRO 30/12
15
1843-51: letters to Captain Robert FitzGerald
British Library: Asian and African Studies
MSS Eur D 1171
NRA 31327
16
letters to Henry Napier
Duke University: William R Perkins Library
See Guide 1980, pp398-99
17
1842-43: corresp (53 items) with Sir James Outram
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
6308-44/53
NRA 35498 Outram
18
1843-52: letters to HW Preedy
British Library: Asian and African Studies
MSS Eur D 987
19
1831-52: letters (11) to Duke of Richmond
West Sussex Record Office
vol 3
NRA 850 Gordon Lennox
20
1843-49: corresp with Lord Ripon
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 40865-77
21
1805-1853: misc corresp mainly with Lord Rutherfurd
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 9814, 9710-9712, 10998 Passim
22
1807-50: corresp
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
NAM 2005-06-724
See Annual Return 2005