Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Lennox Napier, 3rd Baronet of Merrion Square (12 October 1867 – 13 August 1915) was a British baronet and soldier.

Career

Napier joined the Sussex Artillery Volunteers in 1888. He was commander of the 7th Battalion,

Royal Welch Fusiliers The Royal Welch Fusiliers ( cy, Ffiwsilwyr Brenhinol Cymreig) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, and part of the Prince of Wales' Division, that was founded in 1689; shortly after the Glorious Revolution. In 1702, it was designat ...

, as part of the Territorial Army. Napier succeeded to the

Baronetage A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

Merrion Square Merrion Square () is a Georgian garden square on the southside of Dublin city centre. History The square was laid out in 1752 by the estate of Viscount FitzWilliam and was largely complete by the beginning of the 19th century. The demand ...

in 1884 on the death of his father, Sir Joseph Napier, 2nd Baronet (1841–1884), and was succeeded by his son, Sir Joseph William Lennox Napier, 4th Baronet (1895–1986). Napier retired from the Territorial Army in 1912 but offered his services on the outbreak of the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fig ...

in August 1914, and was commissioned as a major, 4th

South Wales Borderers The South Wales Borderers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for 280 years. It came into existence in England in 1689, as Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot, and afterwards had a variety of names and headquarters. In ...

, on 24 September 1914 in command of "A" Company. He was killed by a sniper on 13 August 1915 at Chunuk Bair during the Gallipoli campaign in

Ottoman Turkey The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

, aged 47, and is buried in 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery.

Personal life

Napier was married to Lady Mabel E. G. Napier (née Forster).

References

CWGC entry
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