1st Baron Napier of Magdala Handwritten Letter Signed. (Signed in black ink) 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. He was promoted to brevet major on 3 April 1846,