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Abbott, Augustus (1804–1867), army officer in the East India Company consul at Tehran  

R. H. Vetch

revised by Roger T. Stearn

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Abbott, Augustus (1804–1867), army officer in the East India Company, was born in London on 7 January 1804, the eldest of five sons of Henry Alexius Abbott (1764–1819) of Blackheath, Kent, a retired Calcutta merchant, and his wife, Margaret (1774–1853), daughter of ...

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Abbott, Sir Frederick (1805–1892), army officer in the East India Company  

R. H. Vetch

revised by Roger T. Stearn

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Abbott, Sir Frederick (1805–1892), army officer in the East India Company, was the second son of Henry Alexius Abbott of Blackheath, Kent, a retired Calcutta merchant, and his wife, Margaret, daughter of William Welsh of Edinburgh, writer to the signet. He was the brother of ...

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Abbott, Sir James (1807–1896), army officer  

R. H. Vetch

revised by Roger T. Stearn

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Abbott, Sir James (1807–1896), army officer, third son of Henry Alexius Abbott of Blackheath, Kent, a retired Calcutta merchant, and his wife, Margaret, daughter of William Welsh, writer to the signet, of Edinburgh, was born on 12 March 1807. He was the brother of ...

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Abbott, Sir James (1807–1896)  

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Sir James Abbott (1807–1896) by B. Baldwin, 1841 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Abbott, Saunders Alexius (1811–1894), army officer in the East India Company  

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Abel, Sir Frederick Augustus, first baronet (1827–1902), chemist and explosives expert  

Robert Steele

revised by K. D. Watson

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Abel, Sir Frederick Augustus, first baronet (1827–1902), chemist and explosives expert, was born on 17 July 1827 at Woolwich, the eldest son of Johann Leopold Abel (1795–1871), a music master in Kennington, and his wife, Louisa (d. 1864), daughter of Martin Hopkins...

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Abel, Sir Frederick Augustus, first baronet (1827–1902)  

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Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, first baronet (1827–1902) by Frank Bramley, 1900 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Abercromby, Sir Robert (1740?–1827), army officer and administrator in India  

Raymond Callahan

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Abercromby, Sir Robert (1740?–1827), army officer and administrator in India, son of George Abercromby (1705–1800) of Tullibody and his wife, Mary, née Dundas (d. 1767), was baptized at his family's Scottish estate, Menstrie, near Tullibody, in Clackmannanshire, on 13 October 1740, which was possibly also the day of his birth. He came from one of those Scottish landed families that were to play an important role in British military and imperial history over the next two centuries. ...

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Acland, John Dyke (1747–1778), army officer and politician  

W. P. Courtney

revised by S. J. Skedd

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Acland, John Dyke (1747–1778), army officer and politician, was born on 18 February 1747 and baptized the following day at North Petherton, Somerset, the elder of the two sons of Sir Thomas Acland, seventh baronet (1722–1785), a landowner and politician, and his wife, ...

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Adam, Sir Charles (1780–1853), naval officer  

J. K. Laughton

revised by Andrew Lambert

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Adam, Sir Charles (1780–1853), naval officer, was born at Brighton, Sussex, on 6 October 1780, the second son of William Adam (1751–1839), of Blairadam, Kinross, and of Eleanora (1749–1808), daughter of the tenth Lord Elphinstone, and sister of Captain Elphinstone, afterwards Admiral Lord Keith...

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Adam, Sir Ronald Forbes, second baronet (1885–1982), army officer  

Jeremy A. Crang

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Adam, Sir Ronald Forbes, second baronet (1885–1982), army officer, was born on 30 October 1885 in Bombay, the eldest son of Sir Frank Forbes Adam, first baronet (1846–1926), a Scot who was a well-known industrialist in Lancashire and Bombay, and his wife, Rose Frances Kemball (1863–1944)...

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Adams, James Williams (1839–1903), army chaplain  

H. M. Vibart

revised by James Falkner

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Adams, James Williams (1839–1903), army chaplain, born on 24 November 1839 in Cork, was the only son of James O'Brien Adams, magistrate of Cork (d. 1854), and his wife, Elizabeth Williams. Educated at Hamlin and Porter's School, on the South Mall, Cork...

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Adams, James Williams (1839–1903)  

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James Williams Adams (1839–1903) by unknown photographer, in or after 1881 courtesy of the Director, National Army Museum, London

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Adams, Thomas (1730?–1764), army officer  

G. J. Bryant

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Adams, Thomas (1730?–1764), army officer, remains of unknown birth and parentage. He commenced his military service in 1747 as a volunteer with the army under the command of the duke of Cumberland in the Netherlands. On 25 June of the same year he obtained a commission as ensign in the ...

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Adye, Sir John Miller (1819–1900), army officer  

E. M. Lloyd

revised by James Lunt

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Adye, Sir John Miller (1819–1900), army officer, was born at Sevenoaks, Kent, on 1 November 1819, the son of Major James Pattison Adye, Royal Artillery, and Jane, daughter of J. Mortimer Kelson of Sevenoaks. His grandfather Major Stephen Payne Adye, Royal Artillery, had three sons in the regiment. ...

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Adye, Sir John Miller (1819–1900)  

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Sir John Miller Adye (1819–1900) by Maclure & Macdonald, pubd 1882 (after Fradelle) © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Adye, Stephen Payne (d. 1794), army officer and writer on military justice  

H. M. Chichester

revised by Roger T. Stearn

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Adye, Stephen Payne (d. 1794), army officer and writer on military justice, entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, as a cadet in June 1757, and was appointed second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in September 1762; he was promoted first lieutenant in May 1766, captain lieutenant in March 1773, and captain in June 1780. After the Seven Years' War he was on the staff of ...

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Agnew, Sir William Gladstone (1898–1960), naval officer  

A. D. Nicholl

revised by Marc Brodie

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Agnew, Sir William Gladstone (1898–1960), naval officer, was born in London on 2 December 1898, the fifth son of the six children of (Charles) Morland Agnew (1855–1931) [see under Agnew family], art dealer, and his wife, Evelyn Mary (d. 1932)...

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Airey, Sir James Talbot (1812–1898), army officer  

E. M. Lloyd

revised by James Lunt

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Airey, Sir James Talbot (1812–1898), army officer, born on 6 September 1812, was the son of Lieutenant-General Sir George Airey (1761–1833) and his wife, Catherine, sister of the second Baron Talbot de Malahide. Richard Airey was his brother. He was commissioned ensign in the ...

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Airey, Richard, Baron Airey (1803–1881), army officer  

John Sweetman

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Airey, Richard, Baron Airey (1803–1881), army officer, was born at Newcastle upon Tyne in April 1803, the eldest son from the six boys and three girls of Lieutenant-General Sir George Airey (1761–1833) and his wife, Catherine Talbot (d. 1852), third daughter of ...