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	Surname	Napier
	First names	Charles James
	Rank / occupation	Lieut.-General & Sir
	Unit	British Army
	Death date	29 Aug 1853
	Place of death	Near Portsmouth
	Source	Gentleman's Magazine
	Date	Oct 1853
	Page number	410
	Detail	[Pages 410-416. At his seat at Oaklands, near Portsmouth, aged 71. Eldest son of the Hon. George Napier, Colonel in the army, by his second marriage to Lady Sarah Lennox, 7th dau. of Charles, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox. Born Westminster 10 Aug. 1782. In 1841 given command of the army in Bombay. Numerous details given on campaign in Scinde. In Oct. 1847 left for England because of the poor health of Lady Napier. Recalled in March 1849 because of disasters in the last Sikh war, but found on arrival in Bombay that his services were not needed. Instead, in his last two years in India carried out reforms in military administration]

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