Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameJohn Napier 
[73, Napier of Merchiston article, Vol VI, pp. 407-8]
[73, Napier of Merchiston article, Vol VI, pp. 407-8]Deathbef 3 Nov 1487
General1st s. Of Merchiston. Provost of Edinburgh. MP(S).
FatherSir Alexander Napier (-<1474)
MotherElizabeth Lauder
Notes for John Napier
His gt-gt-gt-grandson was the inventor of logarithms - and, I believe, the slide rule. The inventor’s son was made a baronet in 1627 and then a peer also in 1627.