The son of Nikolai Fedorovich Narbut. He entered the service in 1841, since 1842, after the end of the Polotsk Cadet Corps, he was promoted to ensign and second lieutenant , and in 1846 he was promoted to lieutenant .

In 1849, after graduating from the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff on the 1st rank, he was promoted to the staff captains of the General Staff . Since 1850, the senior adjutant of the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Corps . In 1851 he was promoted to captain of the General Staff with the appointment of the 3rd Infantry Division as the division quartermaster . Since 1854, the senior adjutant of the main headquarters of the army. In 1855 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel with the appointment of headquarters officer for special assignments under the chief of staff of the Western Army. Since 1856, a senior adjutant of the main headquarters of the 1st Army .

Since 1857, the chief of staff of the 1st Infantry Division . In 1859 he was promoted to colonel . Since 1863, a member of the Polish company , since 1864, assistant chief of staff of the Riga Military District . In 1867 he was promoted to major general . Since 1869, the general for special assignments under the commander of the Moscow Military District . Since 1874, the commander of the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division . In 1876 he was promoted to lieutenant general with the appointment of the head of the 18th Infantry Division . Since 1877, a participant in the Russian-Turkish war . Since 1885, the commander of the 14th Army Corps .

In 1890 he was promoted to general from infantry with the appointment of a member of the Alexander Committee on the wounded . He was awarded all orders up to the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky granted to him in 1893 ^[1] . He was buried at the Nikolsky cemetery in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra (the grave was not preserved). His Camping Diary about the war of 1877-1877 was published in the Russian Archive (for 1895, No. 3).

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• Narbut Alexander Nikolaevich // List to the generals by seniority . Done on May 1, 1893. - SPb. : Military Printing House, 1893 - S. 64.
• Narbut Alexander Nikolaevich // The highest ranks of the Russian Empire (10.22.1721 - 03.03.1917) / comp. E. L. Potemkin. - M .: B. and., 2017 .-- T. 2 .-- S. 440.
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• Ponomarev V.P., Shabanov V.M. Cavaliers of the Imperial Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, 1725-1917: bio-bibliographic dictionary in three volumes. Volume 2. - M., 2009 .-- S. 315-316. - ISBN 978-5-89577-145-7 .