Maj. Charles George Napier R. A.
(1787-Abt 1846)

Maj. Charles George Napier R. A. ¹ ^,2 ^,3

Born: 1 Mar 1787, Tintinhull, Somerset, England
Marriage (1): Maria Van Ryneveld on 31 Jul 1809 ¹ ^,2
Marriage (2): Sarah Ann Lewin on 21 Feb 1832 in Walmer, Kent, England
Died: Abt 1846, , Cape Province, South Africa aged about 59

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Spouses/Children:

1. Maria Van Ryneveld

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/6379862/person/6846432946

bullet Death Notes:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=linsul&id=I217

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• General Comment. He married Maria, daughter of the Lord Chief Justice, Willem Stephanus Van Rynevelt, with whom he had a fortune of £10,000. When he retiredfrom the service on half pay he went to live at Walmer in Kent. After the death of his first wife he married a Miss Lewin. He later he went back to the Cape, where he died in about1846. By his first wife, he left an only child, Letitia, the last of the elder branch of the Nappers of Tintinhull.

• Military Service: 1832. 1832: late Brevet Major, Royal Artillery.
Charles Napier entered the Artillery and went out to the Cape of Good Hope as aide-de-camp to Lord Caledon; he was present at the taking of the colony from the Dutch.
He was present at the Battle of Waterloo on the 18th of June 1815, where he was severely wounded. When he retired from the service on half pay he went to live at Walmer in Kent.

According to http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE/2007-02/1170371444 :-

NAPIER, Charles, Capt. R Artillery. Served SA as Lt 1806-1812, as Capt
1812-1813. 1808-1811 ADC to Governor Caledon. 31.7.09 mar (Rev Halloran) of CN of Tintenhall in Somerset, and Maria, d.o. W S van Ryneveld, Pres. of the Court of Justice. 1812 he was serving on the frontier. 14.5.1812 left
Uitenhage in command of a detachment of the R Artillery on return to Cape
Town. As ADC to Covernor Caledon he requested permission to absent himself
from regimental parades, but his request was refused by Lt Col. Cox, officer
commanding the Royal Artillery. He then absented himself without permission,
and was arrested on Cox's orders, in the presence of Caledon, who demanded
and eventually got an apology from Col. Cox after a protracted
correspondence with Gen Grey. 30.1.1840 Charles George Napier was witness to
the will of James Dunbar, signed at Wynberg.

http://www.richardfordmanuscripts.co.uk/catalogue/10337 Letter to General to General Sir Henry Torrens about his injury at Waterloo.

• Web Based Info. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=linsul&id=I741

And

http://databases.tanap.net/mooc/make_pdf.cfm?output=pdf&id=MOOC8/43.46

• General Comment. ² Government Gazette, 17 June 1842
(Signing a report from Capt. J.C. Smith commanding the 27th Regiment, about disastrous action taken against Boer Emigrants at Congella in Natal.) Capt. George Napier, Assistant Military Secretary.

Charles married Maria Van Ryneveld, daughter of Willem Stephanus Van Ryneveld and Martha Cornelia Van Der Riet, on 31 Jul 1809 ¹.^,2 (Maria Van Ryneveld was born in 1788 in Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa ² ^,3, christened on 4 May 1788 in Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa,¹ died on 4 Nov 1829 in Walmer, Kent, England ³ and was buried on 11 Nov 1829 in Walmer, Kent, England.)

bullet Sources of information or n events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. Supplement to SA Commercial Advertiser August 1830 - OrphanChamber N-R
RYNEVELD, Maria van, married to Charles George NAPIER
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE/2007-11/1196296781

And

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA/2007-11/1196325759

And

http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/viewnewspaperarchivepage.aspx?highlight= van ryneveld&pdfurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearchapi.newspaperarchive.com%2fPDTTracking.aspx%3fAPIKEY%3d7cdfe695-082c-4340-a196-f64189e96331-adk5164e1%26IMAGEID%3d936224&title=Edinburgh+Advertiser%2c+Tuesday%2c+December+26%2c+1809%2c+Edinburgh%2c+Midlothian%2c+United+Kingdom

• General Comment. ² Extract from Government Gazette, 5th August 1809
"Marriages - Married by the Rev Dr. Halloran on Monday 31st July 1809, Charles Napier of Tintenhall in the County Somerset Esq., Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery and one of the Aides de Camp to His Excellency the Governor and Commander in Chief, The Earl of Caledon to Miss Maria van Ryneveld, the daughter of the Chief Justice."

Note: Dr. Halloran who was the Military Chaplain was officiating under assumed or forged orders.

Charles next married Sarah Ann Lewin, daughter of Charles Devereux Lewin and Harriett Williams, on 31 Jul 1809.

bullet Sources of information or n events in their marriage were:

• General Comment. Extract from the Kentish Gazette:- Married on the 21st Feb last, at Walmer, Charles NAPIER Esq, late Brevet Major in the Royal Artillery, to (Sarah) Ann, the youngest daughter of C. Lewin Esq.of that village. The gallant bridegroom (who has distinguished himself in his country's service, especially at the ever memorable conflict at Waterloo, where he was dangerously wounded) left Walmer with his youthful bride to spend the honeymoon at Albion House, Ramsgate, the residence of his friend J.Gubbins Esq.

http://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/south-african-commercial-advertiser/27-sac-1832-apr-jun

• Web Based Info. https://www.familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/9QY7-GC7/p1

And

https://www.familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/9QYD-BNN/p1

And

https://www.familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/974R-3G1/p1

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