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Abbott was the son of George Edward Abbott (died 1822) and Ann (or Anna) Maria Stacy, who married in India.
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George Edward Abbott was the Head Assistant in the Calcutta General Post Office. Ann Maria was the daughter of the Reverend Henry Peter Stacy (born c1760), who was believed to have been chaplain at Danapoor. An image of Reverend H.P. Stacy is in the Manchester Art Gallery.
H.E.S. Abbott had a sister, Marianne Sarah Abbott (1808–1887), who married Charles Scott Hadow.
Abbott was edicated at Addiscombe Military Seminary from 1829 to 1831, from where he joined the 74th Native Infantry. In about 1886 Abbott designed the Ellerslie building in Shimla which is the home of the Himachal Pradesh Secretariat.
A photograph of General Abbott and his medals are in the collection of the National Army Museum, London.
