Charles Ottley Groom Napier

Charles Ottley Groom Napier

Charles Ottley Groom, Charles Ottley Groom Napier, also self-styled Charles de Bourbon d'Este Paleologus Gonzaga, Prince of Mantua and Montferrat, was an English natural history collector, writer, best known however as an impostor, charlatan, and fraud. Aside from claiming a royal lineage, he attempted to rise in social standing by awarding a so-called "Mantua Medal" to noted artists, writers, and scientists of his time.