Family and Education
b. c. 1640, o.s. of Robert Napier of Puncknowle by 1st w. Anne, da. of Allen Corrance, Merchant Taylor, of London and Wimbish Hall, Essex. educ. M. Temple entered 1655, called 1660; Trinity, Oxf. 1656; Padua 1659. m. 21 Nov. 1667, Sophia, da. of Charles Evelyn of Godstone, Surr., 3s. 4da. Kntd. 27 Jan. 1681; cr. Bt. 25 Feb. 1682; suc. fa. 1686.Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 770; Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. cxvii), 50; Copinger, Suff. Manors, i. 270; Vis. Eng. and Wales Notes ed. Crisp, ix. 67.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Dorset 1680 – 81, dep. lt. May-Oct. 1688; j.p. Dorset June 1688 – d., Surr. 1690–?d.; commr. for assessment, Dorset 1689 – 90, Suff. 1690; recorder, Dorchester 1693–d.
Commr. for drowned lands 1690.
Main residence: Puncknowle, Dorset.
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Commons 1660-1690
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NAPIER, Sir Robert (c.1640-1700)
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