Frederick Abbott

Major-General Sir Frederick Abbott, (13 June 1805 – 4 November 1892) was a British Indian Army officer and engineer of the East India Company.

Background Frederick was born at Little Court, Buntingford, Hertfordshire, the second son of Henry Alexius Abbott, a retired Calcutta merchant of Blackheath, Kent, and his wife Margaret Welsh, the daughter of William Welsh of Edinburgh. He had the following siblings: Margaret (1801–1877) Major-General Augustus Abbott (1804–1867) General Sir James Abbott, KCB (1807–1896) Emma Abbott (1809–1875) Major General Saunders Alexius Abbott (1811–1894) Keith Edward Abbott, Consul General (1814–1873) Edmund Abbott (1816–1816) After the college was closed in 1861, he served on various other royal commissions.

Family In 1835, he married Frances Cox, da. of Lt.Col. Cox, Royal Artillery, and widow of Lt.Col. Hubert de Burgh. Abbott died in Branksome Park, Poole in 1892. His wife and daughter both predeceased him.