Archibald Napier, 3rd Lord Napier

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 John Erskine, 19th Earl of Mar.

Archibald died unmarried and childless, but successfully petitioned for the barony to succeed to female heirs, including his sisters. The Lordship of Napier passed through his eldest sister Jean to his nephew, Thomas Nicolson, 4th Lord Napier, via this arrangement.^[1]