| William Napier | |
| Birth Date: | 18 March 1818 |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Rank: | Major-General |
| Battles: | Recapture of Port Natal Scinde Campaign Crimean War |
Major-General William Craig Emilius Napier (18 March 1818 – 23 September 1903) was a British Army officer who became Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Born the son of Lieutenant-General Sir George Thomas Napier and educated at Cheltenham College,[1] William Napier served with the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), and subsequently with the King's Own Scottish Borderers.[1] He was Director-General of Military Education and fought at the recapture of Port Natal in 1842, in the Scinde Campaign in 1845 and in the Crimean War in 1855.[1]
He went on to be Commandant of the Staff College, Sandhurst in 1861 and Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst from 1875.[2]
He was given the colonelcy of the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) from 1874 to 1882[3] and of the King's Own Scottish Borderers from 1882 to his death.[4]
He died in 1903. In 1845 he had married his cousin, Emily Cephalonia Napier, daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier; they had seven daughters and one son.[5]
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