General Sir Frederick Adam and the Napier Brothers
A distinguished soldier and a capable administrator, Adam had the misfortune to fall foul of the Napier Brothers, a close-knit fraternity who had a strong taste for controversial warfare. By Robert Cecil.
One of the prominent soldiers and administrators of the first third of the nineteenth century, well known in his own day but since forgotten, was General the Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Adam, p.c., g.c.b., g.c.m.g.
He was bom on June 17th, 1784, the fourth son of William Adam, who had inherited from his grandfather an estate at Blair-Adam in Kinross-shire, which is still in the possession of the family. William Adam enlarged the estate, on which there were profitable workings of coal. He further increased his prosperity by his work at the Bar.
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