Charles Lionel Napier

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Admiral Charles Lionel Napier, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (16 November, 1861 – 10 March, 1934) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Napier was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1884.[1]

Napier was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1897.[2]

Captain

On 31 December, 1902 Napier was promoted to the rank of Captain.[3] He was appointed to Wildfire on 25 July, 1903, for command of the Edinburgh. On 30 September he was appointed to President for a War Course at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, which he completed on 7 December, with a Second Class pass. The same day he was appointed an assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes at the Admiralty, until he was superseded on 5 January, 1904, when he was appointed in command of H.M.S. Euryalus on the Australian Station.

On 18 February, 1907, he was appointed to the Powerful, additional, as Captain in Charge of Naval Establishments in Sydney, Australia.[4]

Napier was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath on 21 September, 1912.[5]

Flag Rank

Napier was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 25 January, 1913, vice Lyon.[6]

Great War

On 31 October, 1914, Napier was apparently appointed to H.M.S. President for Special Service at the Admiralty.[7] On 2 November he was appointed as Rear-Admiral at Brightlingsea, where he remained until at least a year later.[8]

Napier was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 January, 1918, vice Patey.[9] He was placed on the Retired List on 26 April.[10] On 1 July, 1921, he was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List.[11]

Napier died at his home, Torriano, La Croix, Var, France, on 10 March, 1934, at the age of seventy-two.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 25372. p. 3009. 1 July, 1884.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26809. p. 4. 1 January, 1897.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 3. 2 January, 1903.
  4. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 February, 1907. Issue 38261, col C, pg. 11.
  5. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28648. p. 7107. 27 September, 1912.
  6. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28686. p. 764. 31 January, 1913.
  7. ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 374a.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (October, 1915). p. 3.
  9. ↑ London Gazette: no. 30457. p. 273. 4 January, 1918.
  10. ↑ London Gazette: no. 30678. p. 5602. 10 May, 1918.
  11. ↑ London Gazette: no. 32384. p. 5487. 8 July, 1921.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Napier" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 14 March, 1934. Issue 46702, col C, pg. 14.

Service Records

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