Thomas Napier (British Army officer)

General Sir Thomas Erskine Napier KCB (10 May 1790 – 5 July 1863) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

Napier was commissioned into the 52nd Regiment of Foot on 3 July 1805.

[1] He also took part in the Battle of the Nive in December 1813 where he was wounded.

[1] He went on to be assistant adjutant-general in Belfast and then served as Commander-in-Chief, Scotland and also as Governor of Edinburgh Castle from 1852 to 1854.

[3] He was the brother of Admiral Sir Charles Napier.