Awards Order of the Bath Battles/wars First Afghan War | Name Abraham Roberts Died December 28, 1873 | |
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Commands held 1st Bengal European RegimentLahore Division Unit 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) | ||
Battles and wars First Anglo-Afghan War | ||
Jury hears opening statements in Abraham Roberts murder trial
General Sir Abraham Roberts (11 April 1784 – 28 December 1873) was a British East India Company Army general who served nearly 50 years in India.
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- Jury hears opening statements in Abraham Roberts murder trial
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- Early life
- Career
- Family
- Children with Frances Isabella Ricketts
- Children with Isabella Bunbury
- References
Roberts had two sons, both who 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. Sir Abraham Roberts lived at 25 Royal York Cres, Clifton Bristol and not 23 as previously stated. The House is privately owned and not opened to the public.
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Early life
Abraham Roberts was a member of a famous Waterford city family. He was the son of Anne Sandys and The Reverend John Roberts, a magistrate in County Waterford and a rector of Passage East.
Career
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. 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 house in Bristol, which is now open to the public, 23 Royal York Crescent, Bristol, Somerset BS8 – England.
From 1862 to his death he was Colonel of the 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers).
Family
He married Frances Isabella Ricketts, daughter of George Poyntz Ricketts, on 20 July 1820.
On the death of his first wife he married Isabella Bunbury, daughter of Abraham Bunbury, on 2 August 1830.