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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Abbott    
First Name(s)  Augustus    
Year of Birth  1804    
Year of Death  1867    
Entry  Born Jan. 7, 1 804 : son of H. A. Abbott : brother of Sir Frederick, and Sir James A.: educated at Warfield, Winchester, Addiscombe : entered the Bengal Artillery, 1819 : served at Bhartpur in 1825-6 : in 1838-9 was in the Army of the Indus, in the march to Kandahar, and the pursuit to Girishk, at the siege of Ghazni, and the occupation of Kabul : was in the Kohistan fighting with Sale, and under him, on his return to Jalalabad ; commanded the Artillery during the siege of Jalalabad and the defeat of Akbar Khan on April 7, 1842 : commanded the Artillery in Pollock's relieving Army, at Tezin on Sep. 12, 1842, and the re-occupation of Kabul : C. B. : Hony. A. D. C. to Governor - Generals : Inspr - General of Ordnance, 1855 : retired, 1859 : Maj- General, 1860 : died Feb. 25, 1867.     
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