Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier explained

Honorific Prefix:Major The Right Honourable
The Lord Napier
Office:Member of the House of Lords
Status:Lord Temporal
Term Label:as a hereditary peer
Term Start:1954
Predecessor:The 13th Lord Napier
Term End:11 November 1999
Birth Name:Francis Nigel Napier
Birth Date:5 December 1930
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Army
Unit:Scots Guards
Serviceyears:1950–1958
Rank:Major

Major (Francis) Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier, 5th Baron Ettrick, (5 December 1930 – 15 March 2012), was a Scottish soldier and courtier.[1] He was the son of Lt.-Colonel William Napier, 13th Lord Napier and 4th Baron Ettrick, and Violet Muir Newson, daughter of Sir Percy Wilson Newson, 1st Bt.

Lord Napier was the hereditary clan chief of Clan Napier.

Educated at Eton and Sandhurst he was commissioned into the Scots Guards serving in Malaya in 1950. At the death of his father in 1954 he succeeded as 14th Lord Napier, 5th Lord Ettrick, and 11th baronet of Nova Scotia, as well as chief of the name and arms of Clan Napier. After retiring from the army he became an equerry to the Duke of Gloucester (1958–1960), then became temporary equerry to Princess Margaret in 1973 and Comptroller and Private Secretary to Princess Margaret (1975–1998) and Treasurer until her death in 2002.

Lord Napier married Delia Mary Pearson and they had four children:

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of St John in 1982.

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  1. Web site: NAPIER and ETTRICK – Deaths Announcements – Telegraph Announcements . https://web.archive.org/web/20150519013049/http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/146926/napier-and-ettrick . dead . 19 May 2015 . Announcements.telegraph.co.uk . 15 March 2012 . 20 March 2012.