Charles Elers Napier
Charles George Elers Napier (22 May 1812 – 20 December 1847), was a British naval officer.
Early life
Born Charles Elers, he was the second son of Lieutenant Edward Elers, RN and his wife Frances Elizabeth, née Younghusband. His uncle was
Charles Napier, the future admiral, who adopted her children as his own and gave them his name in addition to Elers. Charles Elers Napier entered the Royal Navy at the age of 12, his first ship being HMS Ganges
.
Career
In 1830 he was assigned, with the rank of mate, to the frigate
Order of the Tower and Sword by Dom Pedro. After he recovered he was appointed by his father to command of the sloop Portuense, and then to the corvette Sibylle, in which he sailed to Madeira
to demand the surrender of the Miguelite governor. Subsequently, the ship, renamed Eliza in honour of his mother, was engaged in blockade duties off the Portuguese coast.
After his return to England, Elers Napier served from 1836 to 1837 as a lieutenant in
Galita, with the loss of all but eight of her complement. Elers Napier had just given the order to lower the boats when he was washed overboard; his body was never found.[3]
Notes
- ^ Edward Elers Napier (1862), Volume I, pp. 203–6.
- ^ Edward Elers Napier (1862), Volume II, p. 185 (citing the obituary in the United Service Magazine, February 1848).
- ^ Gilly, William Octavius Shakespeare (1850). Narratives of shipwrecks of the Royal navy between 1793 and 1849. London: John W. Parker.
References
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.