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Thomas Napier (British Army officer)

General Sir Thomas Erskine Napier was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

Military career
Napier was commissioned into the 52nd Regiment of Foot on 3 July 1805. He took part in the Battle of Copenhagen in August 1807, at the Battle of Corunna in January 1809 and at the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro in May 1811 during the Napoleonic Wars. and from 1857 to his death Colonel of the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot. He was the brother of Admiral Sir Charles Napier. ==References==
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