Notable Napiers
- John Napier, 8th Laird of Merchiston – inventor of logarithms
- Sir Robert Napier, an eminent lawyer, was constituted by Queen Elizabeth, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, in Ireland, in 1593.
- James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne, Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire 1780–1784, son of James Lenox Naper of Ireland who changed his surname to Dutton in order to inherit his maternal uncle's Sherborne estate.
- General Charles Napier – A statue of him still stands in Trafalgar Square.
- Admiral Charles Napier – or “Black Charlie,” who served during the Napoleonic Wars.
- Robert Napier, Baron of Magdala – was awarded an hereditary peerage for his efforts to rescue British diplomats in Abyssinia.
- Robert Napier – a marine engineer often considered the “father of Clyde Shipbuilding.”
- Francis Napier – chaired the Napier Commission in 1883.
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