Dictionary of Indian Biography/Abbott, Augustus
ABBOTT, AUGUSTUS (1804–1867)
Born Jan. 7, 1804: 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.