Dictionary of Indian Biography/Abbott, Saunders Alexius
ABBOTT, SAUNDERS ALEXIUS (1811–1894)
Maj-General: born July 9, 1811: son of Henry Alexius Abbott, merchant, Calcutta; educated privately and at Addiscombe; joined the Bengal Infantry in 1828: appointed, in 1836, Assistant in the Revenue Survey under Sir H. Lawrence (q. v.): held Survey charges, 1838–42: present at Mudki, Dec. 18, 1845, bringing the reserves from Kasauli and Sabathu by forced marches: also as A.D.C. to Lord Hardinge at Firoz-shahr; dangerously wounded: Deputy Commissioner of Umbala, 1847: of Hoshiarpur, 1849: in charge there during the mutiny; Commissioner of Lucknow, 1858–63; Brevet-Major, 1846; Hon. A.D.C. to Governor-Generals, until he retired Sep. 1864: after retirement was Agent of the Sind, Panjab, and Delhi railway at Lahore for years, and after-wards on the Home Board of Direction: died at Brighton, Feb. 7, 1894.