Colonial Officer – Page 32 – Persons of Indian Studies by Prof. Dr. Klaus Karttunen

ABERCROMBY (-bie), Robert

ABERCROMBY (-bie), Robert. Tullibody, Clackmanshire 21.10.1740 — Airthrey, Stirlingsgire 3.11.1827. Sir. British (Scottish) General. Son of George Abercromby and Mary Dundas. Served as officer in the French war in India and in American revolutionary war. Captain 1761, Lieutenant-Colonel 1773, Colonel 1787. In 1790–92 Governor of Bombay and from 1793 commander-in-Chief of…

ABBOTT, James

ABBOTT, James. Calcutta 12.3.1807 — Ellerslie, Ryde, Isle of Wight 6.10.1896. British Colonial Officer, Poet and Indologist. General. In India 1823-67. Son of merchant Henry Alexius Abbott and Margaret Welsh, brother of Major-General Augustus Abbott (1804–1867, 1819-59 in India) and Major-General Sir Frederick Abbott (1805–1892, 1823-47 in India). Educated at…