Abbott, James, Sir, 1807-1896

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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

Title: Knight

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x000025

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creatorOf Sir James Abbott papers., 1850-1888 British Library
creatorOf Miscellaneous letters and papers of General Sir James Abbott (1807-96), Bengal Artillery 1823, Deputy Commissioner, Hazara 1847-53, including news of Hazara after Abbott left, 1840-1896 British Library
creatorOf CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF FIELD MARSHAL SIR CHARLES HENRY BROWNLOW, G.C.B. (b. 1831, d. 1916), mostly relating to campaigns on the North-West Frontier; 1851-1876. See History of the 20th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Infantry, Brownlow's Punjabis, 191..., 1851-1876 British Library
creatorOf Sir James Abbott papers., 1848-1849 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Brig-Gen John Nicholson, Bengal Army 1839-57, General Sir James Abbott, Bengal Artillery 1823-53; and of their biographer Evelyn Werge Thomas (1891-1975), and other members of the Thomas family, 1746-1972 British Library
referencedIn PAPERS relating to the Indian Mutiny, 3 Feb. 1857-21 Mar. 1867, being mainly letters, with correspondence enclosed, from Major-General Sir J[ohn] B[ennettl Hearsey, K.C.B., commanding the Presidency Division of the East India Co.'s Army at Barrackpor... British Library
referencedIn Henry Elliott Collection: papers of Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1808-53), Bengal Civil Service 1826-53; Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, Agra 1837-47; Foreign Secretary, Government of India 1847-53; including papers on settlement and revenue wor..., 1827-1853 British Library
creatorOf Sir James Abbott papers., 1847-1849 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Maj-Gen Sir Frederic Goldsmid, Madras Army 1839-75, including material relating to his work on the Perso-Baluch and Perso-Afghanistan boundaries, 1836-1899 British Library
referencedIn Charles Herbert papers., 1848-1849 British Library
creatorOf List, dated 1866, of coins, chiefly Greco-Bactrian, belonging to General Sir James Abbott (1807-96), Bengal Artillery 1823, Commissioner, Hazara 1845-53; also list, dated 1849, of a few coins then in Abbott's possession., 1849-1866 British Library
creatorOf Sir James Abbott papers. British Library
creatorOf Sir James Abbott papers., 1853 British Library
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Egypt, Africa
Makran, Iran and Baluchistan
Central Asia, Asia
Sistan, Iran
Hazara, North-West Frontier Province
Herat, Afghanistan
Hazara, North-West Frontier Province
Iran, Asia
Kalat State, Pakistan
India, Asia
Baluchistan, Pakistan
Khanate of Khiva, Uzbekistan
Burma, Asia
Toungoo District, Burma
Jodhpur State, India
Hazara, North-West Frontier Province
Afghanistan, Asia
Russia, Europe, Asia
Hazara, North-West Frontier Province
India, Asia
Bareilly, United Provinces
Lash-Jawain, Afghanistan
Teheran, Iran
Khanate of Khiva, Uzbekistan
Delhi, India
Oudh, India
North-Western Provinces, India
Attock, Pakistan
Maymyo, Burma
Hazara, North-West Frontier Province
India, Asia
Zaire, Africa
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Birth 1807-03-12

Death 1896-10-06

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