Lt. Col. William Francis Cyril James Hamilton Napier, 13th Lord Napier, 4th Baron Ettrick DL (9 September 1900 – 23 August 1954) was a Scottish soldier and courtier. He was the eldest son of Francis Napier, the 12th Lord Napier and his wife Hon. Clarice Jessie E. Hamilton, daughter of

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. He was educated at

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and Sandhurst. He succeeded as Lord Napier and Ettrick and as chief of the name and arms of

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upon his father's death in 1941. In 1920, he was commissioned into the King's Own Scottish Borderers, as a 2nd lieutenant, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel by 1939. During this time, he served as the commanding officer of the 6th Battalion of the Scottish Borderers (from 1939 to 1941), as well as assistant adjutant general of the

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(from 1943 to 1944 – under General Sir Ronald Adam). He was elected into the

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in 1930, and held a number of political positions, including county councillor for Selkirkshire (from 1946 to 1948) and DL and JP for Selkirkshire. In 1928, he married Violet Muir Newson, and had four children: #

Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier Major (Francis) Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier, 5th Baron Ettrick, (5 December 1930 – 15 March 2012), was a Scottish soldier and courtier. He was the son of Lt.-Colonel William Napier, 13th Lord Napier and 4th Baron Ettrick, and Violet Muir N ...

(1930–2012) # Hon. Charles Malcolm Napier (born 1933) # Hon. John Greville Napier (1939–1988) # Hon. Hugh Lennox Napier (1943–1996)

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