Margaret Brisbane, 5th Lady Napier (died 1706) was a Scottish peer.

Family

Margaret Brisbane (

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

Napier) was a member of the Napier family of

Merchiston Merchiston ( ) is a residential area around Merchiston Avenue in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Location Merchiston Avenue is southwest of the West End of Edinburgh's principal street, Princes Street. Other areas near Merchiston inc ...

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

, and was the great-granddaughter of

John Napier John Napier of Merchiston ( ; Latinisation of names, Latinized as Ioannes Neper; 1 February 1550 – 4 April 1617), nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston, was a Scottish landowner known as a mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He was the 8 ...

, the inventor of logarithms. She was the daughter of

Archibald Napier, 2nd Lord Napier Archibald Napier, 2nd Lord Napier (c. 1625–1660) was a Scottish peer and the grandson of John Napier of Merchiston. Biography Archibald Napier was the son of the 1st Lord Napier. As a nephew of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Nap ...

and Lady Elizabeth Erskine, daughter of John Erskine, 19th Earl of Mar. Upon the death of her brother, Archibald Napier, 3rd Lord Napier, the title passed through her sister Jean to her nephew Thomas Nicolson, 4th Lord Napier. When he, too, died unmarried and without heir, the title passed to her. She married John Brisbane, Secretary to the Admiralty in the reign of Charles II,Napier
via Celtic Radio - Heraldry and they had a daughter, Elizabeth Napier, Mistress of Napier, who in turn married Sir William Scott, 2nd Baronet of Thirlestane. When she died in 1706, the title passed to her grandson, Francis Napier, 6th Lord Napier, who was 4 years old.

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Margaret Brisbane 1706 deaths Nobility from Edinburgh Year of birth unknown Lords of Parliament (pre-1707) Lords Napier Daughters of barons {{Lord-of-Parliament-stub