Napier Lothian Jr.

[1] He should not be confused with his father, the actor, conductor, flageoletist, and violinist Napier Lothian Sr.

[2] Born in San Francisco, California in 1855,[1] Napier Lothian Jr. was the son of Napier Lothian Sr.; an unsuccessful gold miner who had participated in the California Gold Rush.

[2] His mother was the British dancer Clara Chapman Rivers who married his father in San Francisco.

[2] For several years he was the manager of the touring acting troupe, the Quincy Adams Sawyer Company.

[3] He died in Boston, Massachusetts on January 3, 1903;[1] thirteen years before the death of his father.