Archibald Napier, 3rd Lord Napier

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Archibald Napier, 3rd Lord Napier (died 1683) was a Scottish peer.

Family[]

Archibald Napier was a member of the Napier family of Merchiston, Scotland, and was the great-grandson of John Napier, the inventor of logarithms.

He was the son of Archibald Napier, 2nd Lord Napier and Lady Elizabeth Erskine, daughter of .

Archibald died unmarried and childless, and the Lordship of Napier passed through his sister Jean to his nephew Thomas Nicolson, 4th Lord Napier, by a special arrangement of the title. [1]

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Lord Napier
1661–1683
Succeeded by
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by Baronet
(of Merchistoun)
1660–1683
Vacant
Title dormant
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