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'''General Sir James Abbott KCB (1807-1896)''' was an officer of the British [[East India Company]] who went to India in 1823 to join the [[Bengal Artillery]]. He served in the [[1st Afghan War]] in the artillery and then undertook a journey to Khiva to negotiate for the release of Russian prisoners. He was a protege of [[Henry Lawrence]] and served in the [[North West Frontier Province|Northwest Frontier]]. He was Deputy Commissioner of the [[Punjab]] after the [[2nd Sikh War]] and commanded a column in the [[Black Mountain Expedition 1852-53]]. He founded the town of [[Abbottabad]]. He returned to England and died on the Isle of Wight.
== External links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/1/mode/1up James Abbott] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Abbott_(Indian_Army_officer) James Abbott] Wikipedia<br />
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q_YoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP13&dq=Narrative+of+a+journey+from+Heraut+to+Khiva,+Moscow+and+St+Petersburg+Vol+1&hl=en&ei=Mn6YTuf6N4So8QOpn4DfBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Narrative of a journey from Heraut to Khiva, Moscow and St Petersburg Vol I] by Capt James Abbott 1856 Google Books<br />
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vCfUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3&dq=Narrative+of+a+journey+from+Heraut+to+Khiva,+Moscow+and+St+Petersburg+Vol+2&hl=en&ei=un2YTqvULoLf8QOhjfXPBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Narrative of a journey from Heraut to Khiva, Moscow and St Petersburg Vol 2] by Capt James Abbott 1843 Google Books
[[Category:British Military commanders|Abbott, James]]
[[Category:People|Abbott, James]]
== External links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/1/mode/1up James Abbott] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Abbott_(Indian_Army_officer) James Abbott] Wikipedia<br />
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q_YoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP13&dq=Narrative+of+a+journey+from+Heraut+to+Khiva,+Moscow+and+St+Petersburg+Vol+1&hl=en&ei=Mn6YTuf6N4So8QOpn4DfBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Narrative of a journey from Heraut to Khiva, Moscow and St Petersburg Vol I] by Capt James Abbott 1856 Google Books<br />
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vCfUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3&dq=Narrative+of+a+journey+from+Heraut+to+Khiva,+Moscow+and+St+Petersburg+Vol+2&hl=en&ei=un2YTqvULoLf8QOhjfXPBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Narrative of a journey from Heraut to Khiva, Moscow and St Petersburg Vol 2] by Capt James Abbott 1843 Google Books
[[Category:British Military commanders|Abbott, James]]
[[Category:People|Abbott, James]]
