Abraham Roberts
General Sir Abraham Roberts GCB (11 April 1784 – 28 December 1873) was a British East India Company Army general who served nearly 50 years in India.
General
Sir Abraham Roberts
11 April 1784
Waterford, Ireland
28 December 1873 (aged 89)
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (son)
Frederick Roberts (grandson)
Roberts had two sons, who both obtained the highest ranks in the British Army. One son and a grandson would win the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for bravery in the face of the enemy in the British Army.
Career[edit]
General Sir Abraham Roberts gained the rank of colonel in the service of the Honourable East India Company and was the commander of the 1st Bengal European Regiment and the Lahore Division.[1] He fought in the First Afghan War.
Roberts was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB). He left India in 1853 to live in Ireland with his second wife, who outlived him. He also had a home in Bristol, 25 Royal York Crescent, Bristol, Somerset BS8 – England.[2]
From 1862 until his death, he was Colonel of the 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers).[3]