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.
Bibliography
Abbott, Charles Compton. 1861. Notes on the birds of the Falkland Islands. Ibis 3: 149–67.
List of officers of the army: A list of the officers of the army and of the corps of Royal Marines, on full, retired, and half-pay; with an index. London. 1779–1869.
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