British Military Figure. He trained at the military college of the East India Company at Addiscombe, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Bengal Artillery in 1823. In 1830 he took part in Sir John Keane's invasion of Afghanistan. In 1840, Abbott became the first Briton to reach the fabled Central Asian city of Khiva. In 1842 he was made assistant to the British Resident at Indore. In 1846 he became commissioner for settlement of the Punjab boundaries, before becoming Resident's Assistant for the Hazara District in 1848. According to British authorities after the war, Abbott was the only Political Officer in the Punjab to recognize the Sikh plot to rebel in advance of the Second Anglo-Sikh War. When the Sikh nation started the war, Abbott was the only British officer to remain in his district behind Sikh lines throughout the conflict. He was promoted to Major General and knighted after his retirement from the army. The city of Abbottabad, Pakistan, was named after him, and remains one of only two towns in all of what was once British India to be named for a Briton.
British Military Figure. He trained at the military college of the East India Company at Addiscombe, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Bengal Artillery in 1823. In 1830 he took part in Sir John Keane's invasion of Afghanistan. In 1840, Abbott became the first Briton to reach the fabled Central Asian city of Khiva. In 1842 he was made assistant to the British Resident at Indore. In 1846 he became commissioner for settlement of the Punjab boundaries, before becoming Resident's Assistant for the Hazara District in 1848. According to British authorities after the war, Abbott was the only Political Officer in the Punjab to recognize the Sikh plot to rebel in advance of the Second Anglo-Sikh War. When the Sikh nation started the war, Abbott was the only British officer to remain in his district behind Sikh lines throughout the conflict. He was promoted to Major General and knighted after his retirement from the army. The city of Abbottabad, Pakistan, was named after him, and remains one of only two towns in all of what was once British India to be named for a Briton.
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