Charles Compton Abbott (1821–87)

Australian-born army officer. Born in what is now Tasmania. Commanded the detachment of troops stationed in Stanley, Falkland Islands, 1858–60. Wrote on the ornithology of the island group.

Sources

Abbott 1861

Australia, birth index, 1788–1922 (Ancestry.com, accessed 31 January 2018)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 31 January 2018)

List of officers of the army 1861.

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