Abbott, James, Sir, 1807-1896

1823 second lieutenant, Bengal artillery; 1827 lieutenant; 1835-1836 revenue survey of Gorakhpur; 1836 in charge of the revenue survey of Bareilly; 1838 brevet captain; 1838-1839 joined the army of the Indus under Sir John Keane; 1839 assistant political officer to Major Elliot D'Arcy; 1841 captain; 1841 appointed second in command of the Merwara local battalion; 1841 assistant to Captain Dixon, superintendent, Merwara local battalion; 1842 assistant to the resident at Indore; 1847-1853 Deputy Commissioner, Hazara ; 1849 brevet-major; 1857 lieutenant-colonel; 1873 CB companion of the order of the Bath; 1877 general; 1894 KCB

Epithet: army officer in India

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