Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier

{{Short description|Scottish lord and soldier (1930–2012)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix = Major The Right Honourable

| name = The Lord Napier

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|commas=on|KCVO|OStJ|DL}}

| office = Member of the House of Lords

| status = Lord Temporal

| term_label = as a hereditary peer

| term_start = 1954

| predecessor = The 13th Lord Napier

| term_end = 11 November 1999

| successor = {{itco|Seat abolished}}{{efn|Seat abolished by the House of Lords Act 1999.}}

| birth_name = Francis Nigel Napier

| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|12|5|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|3|15|1930|12|5|df=y}}

| parents = {{unbulleted list|William Napier, 13th Lord Napier|Violet Muir Newson}}

| allegiance = United Kingdom

| branch = British Army

| unit = Scots Guards

| serviceyears = 1950–1958

| rank = Major

}}

Major (Francis) Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier, 5th Baron Ettrick, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|KCVO|OStJ|DL}} (5 December 1930 – 15 March 2012), was a Scottish soldier and courtier.{{cite web|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/146926/napier-and-ettrick |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519013049/http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/146926/napier-and-ettrick |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 May 2015 |title=NAPIER and ETTRICK – Deaths Announcements – Telegraph Announcements |publisher=Announcements.telegraph.co.uk |date=15 March 2012 |access-date=20 March 2012}} He was the son of Lt.-Colonel William Napier, 13th Lord Napier and 4th Baron Ettrick, and Violet Muir Newson, daughter of Sir Percy Wilson Newson, 1st Bt.

Lord Napier was the hereditary clan chief of Clan Napier.

Educated at Eton and Sandhurst he was commissioned into the Scots Guards serving in Malaya in 1950. At the death of his father in 1954 he succeeded as 14th Lord Napier, 5th Lord Ettrick, and 11th baronet of Nova Scotia, as well as chief of the name and arms of Clan Napier. After retiring from the army he became an equerry to the Duke of Gloucester (1958–1960),{{London Gazette|issue=41299|page=689|date=31 January 1958}}{{London Gazette|issue=41973|page=1621|date=4 March 1960}} then became temporary equerry to Princess Margaret in 1973{{London Gazette|issue=46035|page=8677|date=24 July 1973}} and Comptroller and Private Secretary to Princess Margaret (1975–1998){{London Gazette|issue=46453|page=109|date=3 January 1975}} and Treasurer until her death in 2002.

Lord Napier married Delia Mary Pearson and they had four children:

• Hon. Louisa Mary Constance Napier (born 1961)
• Francis David Charles Napier, 15th Lord Napier and 6th Lord Ettrick (born 1962)
• Hon. Georgina Helena Katherine Napier (born 1969)
• Hon. Nicholas Alexander John Napier (born 1971)

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of St John in 1982.{{London Gazette|issue=48959|page=5422|date=22 April 1982}}