Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala

Field Marshal The Right Honourable The Lord Napier of Magdala GCB GCSI FRS
Birth name	Robert Cornelis Napier
Born	(1810-12-06)6 December 1810 Colombo, British Ceylon
Died	14 January 1890(1890-01-14) (aged 79) London, England, UK
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Indian Army
Service years	1828–1890
Rank	Field marshal
Commands	Bombay Army
Wars	First Anglo-Sikh War Second Anglo-Sikh War Indian Rebellion Second Opium War Abyssinian Expedition
Alma mater	Addiscombe Military Seminary

Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala GCB GCSI FRS (6 December 1810 – 14 January 1890) was a British Indian Army officer. He fought in the First Anglo-Sikh War and the Second Anglo-Sikh War before seeing action as chief engineer during the second relief of Lucknow in March 1858 during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He also served in the Second Opium War as commander of the 2nd division of the expeditionary force which took part in the Battle of Taku Forts, the surrender of Peking's Anting Gate and the entry to Peking in 1860. He subsequently led the punitive expedition to Abyssinia in July 1867, defeating the Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia with minimal loss of life among his own forces and rescuing the hostages of Tewodros.