Sir Robert John Milliken-Napier, 9th Baronet of Merchiston (7 November 1818 – 4 December 1884) was a Scottish baronet and Army officer.[1]
Early life edit
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Milliken-Napier was born on 7 November 1818 into the Napier family of Merchiston, Scotland. He was the eldest son three children born to Eliza Christian Stirling and Sir William John Milliken-Napier, 8th Baronet. His elder sister was Mary Napier (wife of Robert Speir, of Burnbrae, Renfrewshire and Culdees, Perthshire) and his younger brother was John Stirling Milliken-Napier.[2]
His maternal grandfather was John Stirling of Kippendavie. His maternal grandparents were Col. Robert John Milliken-Napier of Culcreuch, Stirling and Anne Campbell. Through his father, he was a descendant of John Napier, the inventor of logarithms.[3]
Career edit
Upon the death of his father on 4 February 1852, he succeeded to the baronetcy of Merchiston, and became the 9th Baronet.[2]
He was an Honorary Colonel in the 4th Battalion, Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.[2]
Personal life edit
On 4 April 1850, Milliken-Napier was married to Anne Salisbury Meliora Ladaveze Adlercron, daughter of John Ladaveze Adlercron (a grandson of Lt.-Gen. John Adlercron, Commander-in-Chief, India) and Dorothea Catherine Routh. Anne's nephew was Brigadier Rodolph Ladeveze Adlercron. Together, they were the parents of three sons and three daughters, including:[2]
- Sir Archibald Lennox Milliken Napier, 10th Baronet (1855–1907), who married Mary Allison Dorothy Fairbairn, daughter of Sir Thomas Fairbairn, 2nd Baronet, in 1880. They divorced in 1903 and he married Charlotte Louise Austin, daughter of Henry William Austin (Chief Justice of the Bahamas), in 1904.[4][5][6]
- Robert Francis Ladeveze Milliken-Napier (1856–1898), a Major with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders who married Emily Norrie Moke, daughter of George Louis Augustus Moke, in 1887.[2]
- William Edward Stirling Milliken-Napier (1858–1900), who married Janet Catherine Reid, daughter of W. M. Reid, in 1884.[2]
- Aymée Elizabeth Georgiana Millikin-Napier (d. 1947), who married Lt.-Col. Sir George Clerk, 8th Baronet, son of Sir James Clerk, 7th Baronet of Penicuik, in 1876.[2]
- Anne Salisbury Mary Meliora Milliken-Napier (d. 1941), who married Sir John Hay, 9th Baronet, son of Sir Robert Hay, 8th Baronet, in 1881.[2]
- Theodora Evelyn Milliken-Napier, who died unmarried.[2]
Sir Robert died on 4 December 1884 and was succeeded by his son Archibald.[2]
References edit
- ^ George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage Volume 2 1900
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2858.
- ^ The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Renfrew, Argyle. W. Blackwood and Sons. 1845. p. 368. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ Lodge, Edmund (1890). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing. Hurst and Blackett, limited. p. 775.
- ^ Kelly's (1943). Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. Kelly's Directories. p. 1336.
- ^ Walford, Edward (January 1860). The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 982.