Herbert Edward Stacy Abbott

Major-General Herbert Edward Stacy Abbott (19 November 1814 – 1883) was an officer in the armies of the East India Company and British Crown in India, under colonial rule.

Herbert Edward Stacy Abbott
Herbert Edward Stacy Abbott by Lafayette
Born19 November 1814
Died1883
Kensington, London
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Indian Army
RankMajor general

Background and education

Abbott was the son of George Edward Abbott (died 1822) and Ann (or Anna) Maria Stacy, who married in India. He had an older sister, Marianne Sarah Abbott (1808–1887), who married Charles Scott Hadow. Abbott's father was the Head Assistant in the Calcutta General Post Office.[1] while his mother was the daughter of the Reverend Henry Peter Stacy (born c.1760), who was believed to have been chaplain at Danapur.[2] An image of Reverend H. P. Stacy is in the Manchester Art Gallery.[3]

Abbott was educated at Addiscombe Military Seminary from 1829 to 1831,[4][5] from where he joined the 74th Native Infantry.

Publications

Abbott published anonymously a short account of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, not intended for widespread public circulation, entitled Particulars of the Mutiny at Delhi, on the 11 May, 1857.[6]

Other contributions

In about 1886 Abbott designed the Ellerslie building in Shimla which is the home of the Himachal Pradesh Secretariat.[7]

A photograph of General Abbott and his medals are in the collection of the National Army Museum, London.

Personal life

Abbott married Sarah Masson. Their son, Herbert Abbott (1855–1939), became a keen cricketer, who played for the Marylebone Cricket Club,[8] and was a decorated British Army officer.[9]

References
  1. Notes and Queries, 26 August 1933, Page 138
  2. Guide to the East India Company Collection Exemplification of Will (Hawkes)
  3. Rev. Stacy – Manchester City Galleries
  4. Vibart, H. M. (1894). Addiscombe: its heroes and men of note. Westminster: Archibald Constable. p. 674.
  5. Index of Addiscombe officers – Frontis, The Archive Publishing System
  6. See British Library Catalogue, London, England.
  7. "Shimla Heritage – Government of Shimla". Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2007.
  8. Cricinfo – Players and Officials – Herbert Abbott
  9. Creagh, O'Moore; Humphris, E. M. (1978). The Distinguished Service Order 1886–1923. London: J. B. Hayward & Son. ISBN 0903754126.
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