Born Francis Scott c. 1702, he was the son of Sir William Scott, 2nd Baronet of Thirlestane, and Elizabeth Napier, Mistress of Napier.
[1][2] Upon the death of his maternal grandmother Margaret Brisbane, 5th Lady Napier in 1706, he succeeded to the title, Lord Napier, and legally changed his surname to Napier; upon the death of his father in 1725, he succeeded to the baronetcy of Scott, of Thirlestane in the County of Selkirk.
[1] Lord Napier served as Commissioner of Police for Scotland between 1761 and 1773.
[2] They had five sons:[1] In 1750, he married Henrietta Maria Johnston, the daughter of George Johnston of Dublin, and had:[1] Upon his death in 1773, his titles passed to his eldest son William.
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