3730 x 4854 px | 31,6 x 41,1 cm | 12,4 x 16,2 inches | 300dpi
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Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, GCB, GCSI, CIE, FRS (6 December 1810 – 14 January 1890), was a British soldier. After the Ethiopian campaign, Napier received many honors. The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge inducted him as a member in 1869. He received a parliamentary pension, was made Grand Commander of the Order of the Bath and a Freeman of the City of London and by way of victory title was given a hereditary peerage, Baron Napier of Magdala. Napier became Commander-in-Chief in India (1870-1876), being promoted to general in 1874. From 1876 to 1883 he served as Governor of Gibraltar. In 1877, during a tense period in European politics, he was appointed commander-in-chief of a proposed force which was to be dispatched to Constantinople. In 1879 he was a member of the Royal Commission on the organization of the army, and in November of the same year represented Queen Victoria at Madrid as ambassador extraordinary upon the occasion of Alfonso XII of Spain's second marriage. On 1883-01-01 Napier was promoted to fieldmarshal, and in December 1886 appointed Constable of the Tower of London. He died in London on 1890-01-14, receiving a state funeral and being buried in St. Paul's Cathedral on 1890-01-14. His eldest son, Robert William Napier (born 1845) succeeded to his barony.
