Nathaniel Napier (died 1635)

Sir Nathaniel Napier (c. 1587 – 6 September 1635), of Middlemarsh Hall and Moor Crichel in Dorset, was an English Member of Parliament (MP).

He was born c. 1587, the only son of Sir Robert Napier, a judge and MP who held the office of Lord Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, and his second wife Magdalen Denton, daughter of Sir Anthony Denton of Tonbridge.

He is remembered in Dorchester for building the Napier Almshouses from money left by his father for that purpose: this was one of many charitable projects inspired by the Great Fire of 1613.

The eldest son, Gerrard, was also an MP from 1628 and was created first of the Napier Baronets of Middle Marsh in 1641.

A third son James founded the Irish branch of the family who were settled at Loughcrew.