Naper (Littleton)

The Napers of Littleton, county Westmeath, were a branch of the Loughcrew family from county Meath. General William Naper of Littleton (died 1771) was the son of Robert Naper (died 1739) brother of James Naper of Loughcrew who married Anne Dutton. Due to prolonged law suits about the validity of the General’s marriage to Anne Fitzgerald in 1761 and the legitimacy of their son William, much of the Napers’ Westmeath estate was sold to their lawyer, John Hogan in 1805, who in turn sold it to Sir Thomas Chapman and William Daniel.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Auburn	Auburn	Kilkenny West	Athlone	Auburn 5		Westmeath	OSI Ref: N106500 OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 40
Littletown House [Lodge]	Doonis	Noughaval	Ballymahon	Doonis		Westmeath	OSI Ref: N103524 OS Sheet: 15 Discovery map: 40
Littleton Lodge	Ballybeg	Twomileborris	Thurles	Littleton 131	Eliogarty	Tipperary	OSI Ref: S183 538 OS Sheet: 48 Discovery map: 66

Archival sources

Dutton Family of Sherborne, papers relating to their Irish estates, including land in Co Westmeath, derived from Naper of Loughcrew, Co Meath including deeds, leases legal papers, maps and surveys etc, 1773-1836. D678/3/1-4; Gloucestershire Archives
Two rentals of the estate of J. L. W. Naper in counties Meath and Westmeath for the years 1855 and 1865. Mss. 3868-3869; National Library of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.II, p.443 (Littleton Lodge)

Modern printed sources

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Naper Papers (from 1637), the property of Mrs B Mathew Naper, Loughcrew, Oldcastle, Co Meath, relating to the families of Dutton, Naper and Tandy and to lands in Cos Meath, Westmeath, Cavan and Galway. No. 108
Woods, James. ''Annals of Westmeath Ancient and Modern''. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers and Walker, (1907): 178