Saunders Alexius Abbott
Saunders Alexius Abbott | |
|---|---|
First Anglo-Sikh War | |
| Alma mater | Addiscombe Military Seminary |
| Relations | Henry Alexius Abbott and Margaret Welsh |
| Other work | Agent for a railway company |
Major-General Saunders Alexius Abbott (9 July 1811 – 7 February 1894) was an English military officer in the Bengal Army and administrator serving in British India
.
Family background
Saunders was the fourth son of Henry Alexius Abbott, a retired
Calcutta merchant of Blackheath, Kent,[1]
and his wife Margaret Welsh, the daughter of William Welsh of Edinburgh. He had the following siblings:
- Margaret (1801–1877)
- Major General Augustus Abbott CB (1804–1867)
- Major General Sir Frederick Abbott CB (1805–1892)
- General Sir James Abbott KCB (1807–1896)
- Emma Abbott (1809–1875)
- Keith Edward Abbott, Consul General (1814–1873)
- Edmund Abbott (1816–1816)
Career
Abbott was educated privately and (like his brothers Augustus and Frederick) at
major
.
Abbott was appointed Deputy Commissioner of
governors-general
until his retirement in September 1864.
After his retirement, Abbott became an agent for a railway company in Lahore before being promoted to its board of directors. He died in Brighton on 7 February 1894.
Sources
- Buckland, Charles (1906). Dictionary of Indian Biography. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. p. 2.
- Vetch, R. H.; Stearn, Roger T. (reviewer) (2010) [2004]. "Saunders Alexius Abbott (1811–1894) in Abbott, Augustus (1804–1867)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
References
- ^ Biog. Of Henry Alexius Abbot per the obituaries of his prominent sons