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:''For others named James Abbott, see the James Abbott navigation page'' General Sir James Abbott, KCB (12 March 1807 – 6 October 1896), was a British army officer and administrator in colonial India.The Pakistani city of Abbottabad was founded by and named after him. ==Family background== James Abbott was the 3rd son of Henry Alexius Abbott, a retired Calcutta merchant of Blackheath, then in Kent,〔Biog. Of Henry Alexius Abbot per the obituaries of his prominent sons〕 and his wife Margaret Welsh, the daughter of William Welsh of Edinburgh. He had the following siblings: * Margaret (1801–1877) * Major-General Augustus Abbott, C.B. (1804–1867) * Major-General Sir Frederick Abbott, C.B. (1805–1892) * Emma Abbott (1809–1875) * Major-General Saunders Alexius Abbott (1811–1894) * Keith Edward Abbott, Consul General (1814–1873) * Edmund Abbott (1816–1816) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Abbott (Indian Army officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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