For the similarly named Admiral, his contemporary in the Peninsular Campaign, see Charles John NapierGeneral Sir Charles James Napier, (; 10 August 1782 – 29 August 1853), was an officer and veteran of the British Army's Peninsular 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.