Peerage Record – 4599

     Lt.-Gen. Sir George Thomas Napier was born on 30 June 1784.² He was the son of Colonel Hon. George Napier and Lady Sarah Lennox.² He married, firstly, Margaret Craig, daughter of John Craig and Sarah Stark, on 22 October 1812.² He married, secondly, Frances Dorothea Blencowe, daughter of Robert Willis Blencowe and Penelope Robinson, in 1839.² He died on 8 September 1855 at age 71.³
     He gained the rank of Colonel in the 1st West India Regiment.² He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)⁴

     Randall Edward Plunkett, 14th Lord Dunsany was born on 5 September 1804.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Edward Wadding Plunkett, 13th Lord Dunsany and Hon. Charlotte Louisa Lawless.² He married Elizabeth Evelyn, daughter of Lyndon Evelyn, on 29 December 1838.¹ He died on 7 April 1852 at age 47, without issue.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Drogheda between 1835 and 1837.¹ He succeeded as the 14th Lord Dunsany [I., c. 1462] on 11 December 1848.¹ He held the office of Representative Peer [Ireland] between 1850 and 1852.¹

     Margaret Craig was the daughter of John Craig and Sarah Stark.^1,2 She married Lt.-Gen. Sir George Thomas Napier, son of Colonel Hon. George Napier and Lady Sarah Lennox, on 22 October 1812.¹ She died on 31 August 1819.
     Her married name became Napier.

     Frances Dorothea Blencowe was born on 4 April 1793 at Cranford, Northamptonshire, England^G.² She was the daughter of Robert Willis Blencowe and Penelope Robinson.^1,2 She married, firstly, William Peere Williams-Freeman, son of Admiral William Peere Williams-Freeman and Henrietta Wilts, on 2 March 1811.² She married, secondly, Lt.-Gen. Sir George Thomas Napier, son of Colonel Hon. George Napier and Lady Sarah Lennox, in 1839.¹ She died on 11 July 1881 at age 88.¹
     From 2 March 1811, her married name became Williams-Freeman.² From 1839, her married name became Napier.

     Sheila Chisholme Hartley was born on 10 May 1928.² She was the daughter of Major Hugh B. Hartley and Betty Eden.¹ She married Brigadier John Gordon Bagnall on 21 August 1946.² She died on 30 June 2019 at age 91.³
     From 21 August 1946, her married name became Bagnall.²

     Colonel Hon. George Napier was born on 11 March 1751.³ He was the son of Francis Napier, 6th Lord Napier of Merchistoun and Henrietta Maria Johnston.³ He married, firstly, Elizabeth Pollock, daughter of Captain Robert Pollock, on 22 January 1775.³ He married, secondly, Lady Sarah Lennox, daughter of General Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lady Sarah Cadogan, on 27 August 1781.¹ He died on 13 October 1804 at age 53.³
     He was Comptroller of Army Accounts, Ireland.³

     Elizabeth Pollock was the daughter of Captain Robert Pollock.¹ She married Colonel Hon. George Napier, son of Francis Napier, 6th Lord Napier of Merchistoun and Henrietta Maria Johnston, on 22 January 1775.¹
     From 22 January 1775, her married name became Napier.

     Lt.-Col. Roger Palmer Landon was the son of Colonel Aislabie Landon and Joan Mary Giffard.¹ He married Betty Eden, daughter of Robert Hildyard Henley Eden and Maud Effie Mary von Guttenberg, on 11 May 1933.¹ He died on 3 October 1936.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹

     Henrietta Maria Johnston married Francis Napier, 6th Lord Napier of Merchistoun, son of Sir William Scott of Thirlestane, 2nd Bt. and Elizabeth Brisbane, Mistress of Napier, in 1750.¹
     From 1750, her married name became Napier.

     William Napier, 7th Lord Napier of Merchistoun was born on 1 May 1730.² He was the son of Francis Napier, 6th Lord Napier of Merchistoun and Lady Henrietta Hope.¹ He married Marie Anne Cathcart, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart and Marion Shaw, on 22 December 1754 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.^3,4 He died on 2 January 1775 at age 44.^3,2
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and DAG in the Forces in Scotland.³ He succeeded as the 4th Baronet Scott, of Thirlestane [N.S., 1666] in 1773.¹ He succeeded as the 7th Lord Napier of Merchistoun [S., 1627] in 1773.¹ He lived at Merchistoun, Scotland^G.