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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Roberts    
First Name(s)  Abraham    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1784    
Death Year  1873    
Entry  General : born April 11, 1784 : son of the Rev. John Roberts, and father of Earl Roberts (q.v.) : entered the Army in 1803, and joined the E. I. Co.'s service, 1804 : served under Lord Lake, 1805 : in Bundelkund against the Pindaris, at the sieges of Komona and Gunnouri, 1806-7 : in the Nipal war, 1814-5 : at the storming of Kahorga : Lt-Colonel, 1832 : Brig-General in the first Afghan war, 1838-9 : at Ghazni : C.B. : commanded Shah Shuja's force in 1840, but resigned and returned to India : anticipated the danger in Kabul, but his advice was disregarded : commanded the Lahore Division, and the Peshawar Division, 1852-4, when he retired : K.C.B., 1865 : G.C.B., 1873 : died Dec. 28. 1873.     
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