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See also:NAPIER AND See also:ETTRICK, See also:FRANCIS NAPIER, See also:BARON (1819-1898) , See also:British diplomatist, was descended from the See also:ancient Scottish See also:family of Napier of Merchistoun, his ancestor See also:Sir See also:Alexander Napier (d. c. 1473) being the See also:elder son of Alexander Napier (d. c. 1454), See also:provost of See also:Edinburgh, who obtained lands at Merchistoun See also:early in the 15th See also:century. Sir Alexander was See also:comptroller of the See also:household of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Scotland, and was often sent to See also:England and elsewhere on public business. Of his descendants one Napier of Merchistoun was killed at Sauchieburn, another See also:fell at See also:Flodden and a third at Pinkie. The seventh Napier of Merchistoun was Sir See also:Archibald Napier (1534-1608), See also:master of the Scottish See also:mint, and the eighth was See also:John Napier (q.v.) the inventor of logarithms. John's eldest son, Sir Archibald Napier (c. 1576-1645), was treasurer-depute of Scotland from 1622 to 1631, and was created See also:Lord Napier of Merchistoun in 1627. He married See also:Margaret See also:Graham, See also:sister of the See also:great See also:marquess of See also:Montrose, whose cause he espoused, and he wrote some See also:Memoirs which were published in Edinburgh in 1793. His son Archibald, the 2nd lord (1625-1658), fought under Montrose at Auldearn, at See also:Alford, at See also:Kilsyth and at Philiphaugh, and was afterwards with his famous See also:uncle on the See also:continent of See also:Europe. His son, Archibald, the 3rd lord (d. 1683), was succeeded by See also:special arrangement in the See also:title, first by his See also:nephew, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Nicolson (1669-1686), a son of his sister See also:Jean and her See also:husband Sir Thomas Nicolson, See also:Bart. (d. 1670), and then by his sister Margaret (d. 1706), the widow of John See also:Brisbane (d. 1684). The 6th lord was Margaret's See also:grandson Francis See also:Scott (c. 1702-1773), a son of Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Scott, Bart., of Thirlestane (d. 1725). Francis Scott, who took the additional name of Napier, had a large family, his sons including William, the 7th lord, and See also:Colonel See also:George Napier (1751-1804). His famous grandsons are dealt with above. Another See also:literary member of the family was See also:Mark Napier (1798-1879), called by Mr See also:Andrew See also:Lang " the impetuous biographer of Montrose," who wrote Memoirs of John Napier of Merchiston (1834), Montrose and the See also:Covenanters (1838), Memoirs of Montrose (1856), Memorials of Graham of Claverhouse (1859-1862), and a valuable legal See also:work, The See also:Law of See also:Prescription in Scotland (1839 and again 1854). William, 7th Lord Napier (1730-1775), was succeeded as 8th lord by his son Francis (1758-r823), who, after serving in the See also:English See also:army during the See also:American See also:War of See also:Independence, was lord high See also:commissioner to the See also:general See also:assembly of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church of Scotland, and compiled a genealogical See also:account of his family which is still in See also:manuscript. His son William John, the 9th lord (1786-1834), who was See also:present at the See also:battle of See also:Trafalgar, was the See also:father of Francis Napier, Lord Napier and Ettrick.
See also:Born on the 15th of See also:September 1819 Francis entered the See also:diplomatic service in 184o, and was employed in successive posts at See also:Vienna, See also:Constantinople, See also:Naples, See also:Washington and the See also:Hague. During this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he earned the highest opinions both at See also:home and abroad. In r86o he became See also:ambassador at St See also:Petersburg, and in 1864 at See also:Berlin. In 1866 he was appointed See also:governor of See also:Madras, and was at once confronted with a serious See also:famine in the See also:northern districts. In dealing with this and other problems he showed great activity and See also:practical sense, and he encouraged public See also:works, particularly See also:irrigation. In 1872 he acted for a few months as See also:Viceroy, after Lord See also:Mayo's assassination; and on Lord See also:Northbrook's See also:appointment to the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office he returned to • England, being created a baron of the See also:United See also:Kingdom (Baron Ettrick of Ettrick) for his services. He continued, both in England and in Scotland, to take great See also:interest in social questions. He was for a time a member of the See also:London School See also:Board, and he was chairman of the Crofters' See also:Commission in 1883, the result of which was the appointment of a permanent See also:body to See also:deal with questions affecting the Scottish crofters and cottars. He died at
See also:Florence on the 19th of See also:December 1898, leaving a widow and three sons, the eldest of whom, William John George (b. 1846), succeeded to his titles.
End of Article: NAPIER AND ETTRICK, FRANCIS NAPIER, BARON (1819-1898)
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