Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala

British Indian Army officer

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1810

Place of Birth: Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Date of Death: 14-Jan-1890

Profession: military personnel, politician

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (6 December 1810 – 14 January 1890) was an Indian Army officer.
He fought in the First Anglo-Sikh War and the Second Anglo-Sikh War before seeing action as chief engineer during the second relief of Lucknow in March 1858 during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
He also served in the Second Opium War as commander of the 2nd division of the expeditionary force which took part in the Battle of Taku Forts, the surrender of Peking's Anting Gate and the entry to Peking in 1860.
He subsequently led the punitive expedition to Abyssinia July 1867, defeating the Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia with minimal loss of life among his own forces and rescuing the hostages of Tewodros.