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Sir Robert Napier (died 1615), was an English-born judge in Ireland. ==Biography== Napier was born at Swyre in Dorset, third son of James Napier, of a branch of an old Scots family which settled in Dorset. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, Fellow 1559, Bachelor of Arts 1562. He entered the Middle Temple in 1566, and was fined for failing to act as reader in 1588. In 1593 he was knighted and sent to Ireland as Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. As a judge Napier was agreed to be a failure. While other English judges found the Irish climate a burden, most made the effort to perform their duties nonetheless. Napier on the other hand sent back to England a stream of complaints about his health and inadequate salary. He lobbied for a Chief Justiceship in England, and crossed regularly back to England, on one occasion being nearly shipwrecked off Holyhead. In 1600 he went to England for good and refused to return to Dublin; he was suspended in 1601 and replaced the following year. Napier was Sheriff of Dorset in 1606 and Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland. He was a Member of Parliament for Dorchester (1586-7), Bridport (1601), and Wareham (1604–6). Napier founded the fortunes of the Napier family in Dorset, acquiring extensive new estates in the county including Middlemarsh Hall, which became the family seat. The Napiers also acquired an estate at Loughcrew, near Oldcastle, County Meath, which remained in the family for several generations. He is buried at Minterne Magna Church. In his will he left money for the accommodation of ten poor men in Dorchester: Nathaniel used it to build the Napier Almshouses in that town. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Napier (judge)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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