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Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala

1810 - 1890

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Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, (6 December 1810 – 14 January 1890) was a British Indian Army officer. He fought in the First Anglo-Sikh War and the Second Anglo-Sikh War before seeing action as chief engineer during the second relief of Lucknow in March 1858 during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He also served in the Second Opium War as commander of the 2nd division of the expeditionary force which took part in the Battle of Taku Forts, the surrender of Peking's Anting Gate and the entry to Peking in 1860. He subsequently led the punitive expedition to Abyssinia in July 1867, defeating the Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia with minimal loss of life among his own forces and rescuing the hostages of Tewodros. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala is the 1,945th most popular military personnel (up from 1,983rd in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (up from 36th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Sri Lankan Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala ranks 1,945 out of 2,058. Before him are Thomas Blamey, Igor Sergun, Lewis H. Brereton, Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, Nathaniel Lyon, and Abu Anas al-Libi. After him are Redvers Buller, Thomas C. Hart, Zebulon Pike, John Sedgwick, John C. Pemberton, and Gail Halvorsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala ranks 100. Before him are Little Crow, Carl Mayet, Philip Francis Thomas, Julián Castro, José María de Achá, and John McCloskey. After him are Horatio Seymour, and Robert Toombs. Among people deceased in 1890, Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala ranks 72. Before him are Catherine Booth, Émile Léonard Mathieu, Carl Jacob Löwig, Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, Philip Francis Thomas, and William Bell Scott.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala ranks 35 out of 51. Before him are Thomas Cooray (1901), Dinesh Gunawardena (1949), Dudley Senanayake (1911), Bob Tisdall (1907), Duncan White (1918), and Joyce Cooper (1909). After him are John Kotelawala (1897), Kumar Sangakkara (1977), Heather Armitage (1933), Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932), Beverley Craven (1963), and Alexander Khloponin (1965).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Sri Lanka

Among military personnels born in Sri Lanka, Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala ranks 3. Before him are Jack Churchill (1906), and John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (1841). After him are Ajantha Mendis (1985).

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