Theodore Napier

ID: GB1796_1999_116_1_III DESCRIPTION: Theodore Napier was born in Melbourne, to Scottish parents, in 1845. He came to Scotland in 1859 to complete his high school education and study for a degree in civil engineering. He returned to Australia, for health reasons, in 1865, spending five years studying medicine. He maintained an interest in his parents' birthplace and regularly wore highland dress. In 1891, he formed the Victorian Scottish Home Rule Association. In 1920, he gifted nine-and-a-half acres of the Strathmore area of Essendon, Victoria, on the condition it be kept free of buildings. This became known as Napier Park. This photograph of Napier appears have been superimposed onto an image of Culloden Moor This image can be purchased. For further information about purchasing and prices please email the Highland Photographic Archive quoting the External ID. PLACENAME: Culloden Moor DISTRICT: Inverness OLD COUNTY/PARISH: INVERNESS: Croy and Dalcross SOURCE: Inverness Museum and Art Gallery COLLECTION: Joseph Cook Collection Asset ID: 11128 KEYWORDS:

• Culloden
• highland dress
• Theodore Napier