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protests active in the area. As a leftist who in principle agreed with the
Chartist demands for Democracy, Napier made efforts to keep violence to a minimum and calm tensions in the area as best he could whilst still obeying his orders. Napier privately blamed "Tory injustice and Whig imbecility" for
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was signed on 24 December 1814 by the negotiators, ratified by the Prince Regent on 27 December, and by the United States
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from power, dismantled their private assembly of armed men, proclaimed that taxes previously collected by the Amirs from the peasants be paid to the
English instead, and that slavery was abolished throughout the land. This was vehemently opposed by Balochi masters, but welcomed by slave-girls of the
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with a letter for the commandant of the city, requesting information about the fate of Napier on behalf of his family. After an agreement between Ney and Napier, the latter was released on a convalescence leave at home for three months, under parole to return to Ney's quarters wherever he was on the
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on 22 June 1813. Minus the two companies of
Frenchmen, they left the Chesapeake and landed at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 20 September, 1813. The Royal Marine battalion and Royal Marine Artillery were to go to Quebec under the command of Beckwith, leaving Napier a brigade of 1,000 infantry and three
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Lawrence. The Punjab troops were not under Napier's command and began burning villages on Lawrence's orders. "This was as impolitic as it was dishonourable to the character of British soldiers," protested Napier, "yet no power was entrusted to me, and I had been
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of her husband. While rarer during the time Napier ruled Sindh, Napier judged that these immolations were motivated by profits for the priests; when told of an actual Sati about to take place, he informed those involved that he would stop the sacrifice. The priests complained that this was a
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1024:. In his bronze, he is shown bareheaded, in military uniform, with his cloak thrown back. His left hand is grasping his sword by the scabbard and raised above his waist, while his right, extended, holds a scroll symbolic of the government awarded to
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William's memoir, young girls would be dragged from "their homes for the harems of the great". His efforts to respect the rights of women and children required him to battle numerous
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British Army in January 1794, but quickly transferred to the 89th and did not immediately take up his commission, but returned to school in Ireland. In 1799, aged 17, he took up active service in the army as aide-de-camp to
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England for the last time. He was still suffering with physical infirmities which were results of his wounds during the Peninsular War, and he died about two years later at Oaklands, near
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collected land taxes and customs, frequently fining and torturing the villagers to a level of fear that they were slaves of the chief to whose estate their village belonged. Napier continued the old system of
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Province, he greatly exceeded his mandate. Napier was supposed to have despatched to his superiors the short, notable message,
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during his tenure of office. The monument was erected without ceremony on 26 November 1855 and paid for by means of public subscriptions, the most numerous contributors being private soldiers.
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be moved to less prominent positions, stating as his reason "I have not a clue who two of the generals there are or what they did", but these requests did not result in any action.
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artillery pieces. It had been proposed to move the 102nd to operations in the American south, but this was not carried out. Napier transferred by exchange to the
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customary religious rite, and that customs of a nation should be respected. As recounted by his brother
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alike. They were eager for peace and protection. Napier removed the
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484:. On 21 March 1809, a British sloop approached
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1960:. Vol. 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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1372:Australian Dictionary of Biography
1367:"Hindmarsh, Sir John (1785–1860))"
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1967:"Napier, Sir Charles James"
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1992:. London: Macmillan & Co.
1951:"Napier, Charles James"
1919:(2010). Peter Dowling (ed.).
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1986:Butler, William F. (1890).
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1973:Encyclopædia Britannica
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