James Abbott (Indian Army officer)

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General Sir James Abbott KCB (12 March 1807 – 6 October 1896) was a British army officer in colonial India. Born in England to Henry Alexius Abbott, a retired Calcutta merchant, he joined the Bengal Artillery at the age of sixteen.[1] He made a name for himself in the northwest frontier region of India in the middle part of the 19th century. He was one of Henry Lawrence's Young Men, 'advisers' to the Sikhs, after the First Sikh War (1846)[2]. He was the first deputy commissioner of Hazara (1849–1853) and was made a KCB in 1894.[1]

As part of the terms of the Treaty of Lahore signed after the defeat of the Sikhs in the First Sikh War, Hazara and Kashmir were going to be transferred to Gulab Singh; Hazara however remained under the Lahore government and governed by James Abbott, who pacified it within a year. [3]. The Pakistani city of Abbottabad is named after him.[2].

James Abbott was the brother of Augustus Abbott and Frederick Abbott.

His portrait was created by the artist B. Baldwin. This portrait resides in the National Portrait Gallery in London, though it is not currently on display.[4]

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  1. ^ a b Chambers Biographical Dictionary, ISBN 0-550-18022-2, page 2
  2. ^ a b Isobel Shaw, Pakistan Handbook, Hong Kong, Local Colour Limited, (1998) P.519
  3. ^ Hazara India : Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition Article
  4. ^ National Portrait Gallery: Sir James Abbott

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