Lieut. Commander Francis John Hamilton Scott Napier (20 December 1850 – 18 November 1929) was a
Royal Navy
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officer and British
philatelist
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who signed the
Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
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Association of British Philatelic Societies
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Publications
* South Australia '. London: Stanley Gibbons, 1894. (With Gordon Smith)
*''Portuguese India'', with Gilbert Harrison. Stanley Gibbons Ltd, Philatelic Handbook No. 1. (1893). Reprinted, 1998.