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Francis Napier, 6th Lord Napier (né Scott) (c. 1702 – 1773) was a Scottish peer.
Born Francis Scott c. 1702, he was the son of Sir William Scott, 2nd Baronet of Thirlestane, and Elizabeth Napier, Mistress of Napier.[1][2]
Upon the death of his maternal grandmother Margaret Brisbane, 5th Lady Napier in 1706, he succeeded to the title, Lord Napier, and legally changed his surname to Napier; upon the death of his father in 1725, he succeeded to the baronetcy of Scott, of Thirlestane in the County of Selkirk. The titles have been united ever since.[1]
Lord Napier served as Commissioner of Police for Scotland between 1761 and 1773.[1]
Lord Napier married twice, firstly in 1729 to Lady Henrietta Hope, the daughter of Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun and Henrietta Hope, Countess of Hopetoun.[2] They had five sons:[1]
In 1750, he married Henrietta Maria Johnston, the daughter of George Johnston of Dublin, and had:[1]
Upon his death in 1773, his titles passed to his eldest son William.[1]
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