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