<Tr> <Th> Commands </Th> <Td> Northern District (1839 - 40) Commander - in - Chief of India (1848 - 1849) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Battles / wars </Th> <Td> Peninsular War War of 1812 Conquest of Scinde </Td> </Tr> <P> General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB (/ ˈneɪpɪər /; 10 August 1782--29 August 1853), was an officer and veteran of the British Army's Peninsula, and 1812 campaigns, and later a Major General of the Bombay Army, during which period he led the military conquest of Sindh, before serving as the Governor of Sindh, and Commander - in - Chief in India . </P> <P> Charles James Napier was the eldest son of Colonel (the Honourable) George Napier, and his second wife, Lady Sarah Lennox, with this being the second marriage for both parties . Lady Sarah was the great - granddaughter of King Charles II . Napier was born at the Whitehall Palace in London, When he was only three years old his father took up an administrative post in Dublin, moving his family to live in Celbridge, Co . Kildare, Ireland, within walking distance of Lady Sarah's sister, Lady Louisa Connolly . His early education was at the local school in Celbridge . At the age of twelve, he joined the 33rd Infantry Regiment of the British Army in January 1794, but quickly transferred to the 89th and did not immediately take up his commission, but returned to school in Ireland.In 1799, aged 17, he took up active service in the army as aide - de-camp to Sir James Duff . </P>

The governor general who annexed sindh in british india