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			{{short description\|British military officer (1784–1873)}}
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	\|name=Sir Abraham Roberts		\| honorific_prefix = General
	\|image=Abraham Roberts - Project Gutenberg eText 16528.jpg		\| name = Sir Abraham Roberts
	\|caption=Sir Abraham Roberts		\| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|GCB}}
	\|birth_date= {{birth date\|1784\|04\|11\|df=yes}}		\| image = Abraham Roberts - Project Gutenberg eText 16528.jpg
	\|death_date= {{death date and age\|1873\|12\|28\|1784\|04\|11\|df=yes}}		\| caption = Sir Abraham Roberts
	\|birth_place= Waterford, Ireland		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1784\|04\|11\|df=yes}}
	\|death_place=		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1873\|12\|28\|1784\|04\|11\|df=yes}}
	\|nickname=		\| birth_place = [[Waterford]], [[Kingdom of Ireland]]
	\|allegiance= {{flagcountry\|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}		\| death_place =
	\|branch= [[British East India Company]]		\| nickname =
	\|serviceyears=		\| allegiance = {{flagcountry\|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}
	\|rank= [[General (United Kingdom)\|General]]		\| branch = [[British East India Company]]
	\|unit= [[101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)\|1st Bengal European Regiment]]		\| serviceyears =
	\|commands= [[101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)\|1st Bengal European Regiment]]<br>[[Lahore Division]]		\| rank = [[General (United Kingdom)\|General]]
	\|battles= [[First Afghan War]]		\| unit = [[101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)\|1st Bengal European Regiment]]
	\|awards= [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]]		\| commands = [[101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)\|1st Bengal European Regiment]]<br>[[Lahore Division]]
	\|relations= [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts]] (son)<br>[[Frederick Roberts (British Army officer)\|Frederick Roberts]] (grandson)		\| battles = [[First Afghan War]]
	\|laterwork=		\| awards = [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]]
			\| relations = [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts]] (son)<br>[[Frederick Roberts (British Army officer, born 1872)\|Frederick Roberts]] (grandson)
			\| laterwork =
	}}		}}
	[[General (United Kingdom)\|General]] '''Sir Abraham Roberts''' ~~{{Post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|sep=,\|GCB}}~~ (11 April 1784 – 28 December 1873) was a British [[East India Company]] Army [[General (United Kingdom)\|general]] who served nearly 50 years in [[India]].		[[General (United Kingdom)\|General]] '''Sir Abraham Roberts''' (11 April 1784 – 28 December 1873) was a British [[East India Company]] Army [[General (United Kingdom)\|general]] who served nearly 50 years in [[British Raj\|India]].

	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.		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.

	==Early life==		==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,<ref>{{cite web\|title=The peerage \|last=Lundy \|first=Darryl \|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?\|failed=y \|date=August 2012}}<!--Lundy is not a reliable source so cite Lundy's reliable source See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT]]--></ref> a [[magistrate]] in [[County Waterford]] and a rector of [[Passage East]].~~{{fact\|date=January 2021}}~~		{{Unsourced\|section\|date=January 2023}}
			Abraham Roberts was a member of a famous [[Waterford (city)\|Waterford]] 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==		==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 [[101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)\|1st Bengal European Regiment]] and the [[Lahore Division]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=~~ny times~~\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1897/01/16/archives/lord-roberts-a-great-soldiers-story-of-his-own-career-in-india-and.html \| work=The New York Times \| date=16 January 1897 \| ~~accessdate~~=23 April 2010}}</ref> He fought in the [[First Afghan War]].		General Sir Abraham Roberts gained the rank of colonel in the service of the [[Honourable East India Company]] and was the commander of the [[101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)\|1st Bengal European Regiment]] and the [[Lahore Division]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Lord Roberts - A Great Soldier's Story of his Own Career \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1897/01/16/archives/lord-roberts-a-great-soldiers-story-of-his-own-career-in-india-and.html \|work=The New York Times \|date=16 January 1897 \|access-date=23 April 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web\|title=links.org\|url=http://www.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/ben/camilla-genealogy/current+c-roberts634+2-2-0-1}}{{Dead link\|date=September 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He also had a ~~house~~ in [[Bristol]], 25 Royal York Crescent, Bristol, Somerset BS8 – England.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Will on Genealogy.com\|url=https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/j/o/l/Janine-Jol/GENE6-0002.html}}</ref>		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.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Will on Genealogy.com \|url=https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/j/o/l/Janine-Jol/GENE6-0002.html \|access-date=8 January 2023 \|quote=This is the last Will of me, General Sir Abraham Roberts KGB. of number 25 Royal York & Crescent Clifton Bristol. I bequeath unto and equally between my dearest Wife, Isabella Roberts and mu Daughter, Harriet Mercer Roberts […]}}</ref>

	From 1862 to his death he was Colonel of the [[101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101-862.htm \|title=101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) \|publisher=regiments.org \|~~accessdate~~=17 August 2016 \|url-status=bot: unknown \|~~archiveurl~~=https://web.archive.org/web/20060330133039/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101-862.htm \|~~archivedate~~=30 March 2006 }}</ref>		From 1862 until his death, he was Colonel of the [[101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101-862.htm \|title=101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) \|publisher=regiments.org \|access-date=17 August 2016 \|url-status=bot: unknown \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060330133039/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101-862.htm \|archive-date=30 March 2006 }}</ref>

	==Family==		==Family==
	He married Frances Isabella Ricketts, daughter of George Poyntz Ricketts, on 20 July 1820.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Peerage \|last=Lundy \|first=Darryl \|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?\|failed=y \|date=August 2012}}<!--Lundy is not a reliable source so cite Lundy's reliable source See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT]]--></ref>		{{Unsourced\|section\|date=January 2023}}
			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.
	On the death of his first wife he married Isabella Bunbury, daughter of Abraham Bunbury, on 2 August 1830.<ref name="the peerage">{{cite web\|title=the peerage \|last=Lundy \|first=Darryl \|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?\|failed=y \|date=August 2012}}<!--Lundy is not a reliable source so cite Lundy's reliable source See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT]]--></ref>

	===Children with Frances Isabella Ricketts===		===Children with Frances Isabella Ricketts===
	*Frances Eliza Roberts		*Frances Eliza Roberts
	*Maria Isabella Roberts		*Maria Isabella Roberts
	*Major General [[George Ricketts Roberts~~]].<ref name="the peerage"/>~~		*Major General George Ricketts Roberts

	===Children with Isabella Bunbury===		===Children with Isabella Bunbury===
	*Harriet Mercer Roberts		*Harriet Mercer Roberts
	*Field Marshal [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts\|Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts]]<ref ~~name~~=~~"the peerage"~~/>		*Field Marshal [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts\|Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts]]

			==Arms==
			{{Infobox COA wide
			\|image = Sir Abraham Roberts Escutcheon.png
			\|escutcheon = Azure three estoiles Or on a chief wavy of the second an Eastern crown Gules.
			\|crest = A lion rampant Or armed and langued Gules charged on the shoulder with an Eastern crown of the last and holding in the dexter paw a sword the blade wavy Argent hilt and pommel Gold.
			\|motto = Virtute Et Valore
			\|notes = Confirmed by [[John Bernard Burke]], [[Ulster King of Arms]], 27 June 1865.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000529194 \|page=111 \|publisher=National Library of Ireland \|access-date=14 January 2023 \|title=Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. G\|date=1863 }}</ref>}}

	==Footnotes==		==Footnotes==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

	~~==External links==~~
	*{{cite web \|last=Lundy \|first=Darryl \|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468 \|title= General Sir Abraham Roberts \|publisher= The Peerage}}


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	==Early life==		==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,<ref>{{cite web\|title=The peerage \|last=Lundy \|first=Darryl \|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?\|failed=y \|date=August ~~2022~~}}<!--Lundy is not a reliable source so cite Lundy's reliable source See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT]]--></ref> a [[magistrate]] in [[County Waterford]] and a rector of [[Passage East]].{{fact\|date=January 2021}}		Abraham Roberts was a member of a famous [[Waterford]] city family. He was the son of Anne Sandys and [[The Reverend]] John Roberts,<ref>{{cite web\|title=The peerage \|last=Lundy \|first=Darryl \|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?\|failed=y \|date=August 2012}}<!--Lundy is not a reliable source so cite Lundy's reliable source See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT]]--></ref> a [[magistrate]] in [[County Waterford]] and a rector of [[Passage East]].{{fact\|date=January 2021}}

	==Career==		==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 [[101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)\|1st Bengal European Regiment]] and the [[Lahore Division]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=ny times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1897/01/16/archives/lord-roberts-a-great-soldiers-story-of-his-own-career-in-india-and.html \| work=The New York Times \| date=16 January 1897 \| accessdate=23 April ~~2022~~}}</ref> He fought in the [[First Afghan War]].		General Sir Abraham Roberts gained the rank of colonel in the service of the [[Honourable East India Company]] and was the commander of the [[101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)\|1st Bengal European Regiment]] and the [[Lahore Division]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=ny times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1897/01/16/archives/lord-roberts-a-great-soldiers-story-of-his-own-career-in-india-and.html \| work=The New York Times \| date=16 January 1897 \| accessdate=23 April 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web\|title=links.org\|url=http://www.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/ben/camilla-genealogy/current+c-roberts634+2-2-0-1}}{{Dead link\|date=September 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He also had a house in [[Bristol]], 25 Royal York Crescent, Bristol, Somerset BS8 – England.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Will on Genealogy.com\|url=https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/j/o/l/Janine-Jol/GENE6-0002.html}}</ref>		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.<ref>{{cite web\|title=links.org\|url=http://www.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/ben/camilla-genealogy/current+c-roberts634+2-2-0-1}}{{Dead link\|date=September 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He also had a house in [[Bristol]], 25 Royal York Crescent, Bristol, Somerset BS8 – England.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Will on Genealogy.com\|url=https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/j/o/l/Janine-Jol/GENE6-0002.html}}</ref>
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	==Family==		==Family==
	He married Frances Isabella Ricketts, daughter of George Poyntz Ricketts, on 20 July 1820.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Peerage \|last=Lundy \|first=Darryl \|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?\|failed=y \|date=August ~~2022~~}}<!--Lundy is not a reliable source so cite Lundy's reliable source See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT]]--></ref>		He married Frances Isabella Ricketts, daughter of George Poyntz Ricketts, on 20 July 1820.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Peerage \|last=Lundy \|first=Darryl \|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?\|failed=y \|date=August 2012}}<!--Lundy is not a reliable source so cite Lundy's reliable source See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT]]--></ref>

	On the death of his first wife he married Isabella Bunbury, daughter of Abraham Bunbury, on 2 August 1830.<ref name="the peerage">{{cite web\|title=the peerage \|last=Lundy \|first=Darryl \|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?\|failed=y \|date=August ~~2022~~}}<!--Lundy is not a reliable source so cite Lundy's reliable source See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT]]--></ref>		On the death of his first wife he married Isabella Bunbury, daughter of Abraham Bunbury, on 2 August 1830.<ref name="the peerage">{{cite web\|title=the peerage \|last=Lundy \|first=Darryl \|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?\|failed=y \|date=August 2012}}<!--Lundy is not a reliable source so cite Lundy's reliable source See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT]]--></ref>

	===Children with Frances Isabella Ricketts===		===Children with Frances Isabella Ricketts===

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	\|relations= [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts]] (son)<br>[[Frederick ~~Hugh Sherston~~ Roberts\|Frederick ~~Hugh~~ Roberts]] (grandson)		\|relations= [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts]] (son)<br>[[Frederick Roberts (British Army officer)\|Frederick Roberts]] (grandson)
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	==Early life==		==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,<ref>{{cite web\|title=The peerage \|last=Lundy \|first=Darryl \|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?\|failed=y \|date=August ~~2012~~}}<!--Lundy is not a reliable source so cite Lundy's reliable source See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT]]--></ref> a [[magistrate]] in [[County Waterford]] and a rector of [[Passage East]].{{fact\|date=January 2021}}		Abraham Roberts was a member of a famous [[Waterford]] city family. He was the son of Anne Sandys and [[The Reverend]] John Roberts,<ref>{{cite web\|title=The peerage \|last=Lundy \|first=Darryl \|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?\|failed=y \|date=August 2022}}<!--Lundy is not a reliable source so cite Lundy's reliable source See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT]]--></ref> a [[magistrate]] in [[County Waterford]] and a rector of [[Passage East]].{{fact\|date=January 2021}}

	==Career==		==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 [[101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)\|1st Bengal European Regiment]] and the [[Lahore Division]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=ny times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1897/01/16/archives/lord-roberts-a-great-soldiers-story-of-his-own-career-in-india-and.html \| work=The New York Times \| date=16 January 1897 \| accessdate=23 April ~~2010~~}}</ref> He fought in the [[First Afghan War]].		General Sir Abraham Roberts gained the rank of colonel in the service of the [[Honourable East India Company]] and was the commander of the [[101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)\|1st Bengal European Regiment]] and the [[Lahore Division]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=ny times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1897/01/16/archives/lord-roberts-a-great-soldiers-story-of-his-own-career-in-india-and.html \| work=The New York Times \| date=16 January 1897 \| accessdate=23 April 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web\|title=links.org\|url=http://www.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/ben/camilla-genealogy/current+c-roberts634+2-2-0-1}}{{Dead link\|date=September 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He also had a house in [[Bristol]], 25 Royal York Crescent, Bristol, Somerset BS8 – England.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Will on Genealogy.com\|url=https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/j/o/l/Janine-Jol/GENE6-0002.html}}</ref>		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.<ref>{{cite web\|title=links.org\|url=http://www.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/ben/camilla-genealogy/current+c-roberts634+2-2-0-1}}{{Dead link\|date=September 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He also had a house in [[Bristol]], 25 Royal York Crescent, Bristol, Somerset BS8 – England.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Will on Genealogy.com\|url=https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/j/o/l/Janine-Jol/GENE6-0002.html}}</ref>
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	==Family==		==Family==
	He married Frances Isabella Ricketts, daughter of George Poyntz Ricketts, on 20 July 1820.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Peerage \|last=Lundy \|first=Darryl \|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?\|failed=y \|date=August ~~2012~~}}<!--Lundy is not a reliable source so cite Lundy's reliable source See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT]]--></ref>		He married Frances Isabella Ricketts, daughter of George Poyntz Ricketts, on 20 July 1820.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Peerage \|last=Lundy \|first=Darryl \|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?\|failed=y \|date=August 2022}}<!--Lundy is not a reliable source so cite Lundy's reliable source See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT]]--></ref>

	On the death of his first wife he married Isabella Bunbury, daughter of Abraham Bunbury, on 2 August 1830.<ref name="the peerage">{{cite web\|title=the peerage \|last=Lundy \|first=Darryl \|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?\|failed=y \|date=August ~~2012~~}}<!--Lundy is not a reliable source so cite Lundy's reliable source See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT]]--></ref>		On the death of his first wife he married Isabella Bunbury, daughter of Abraham Bunbury, on 2 August 1830.<ref name="the peerage">{{cite web\|title=the peerage \|last=Lundy \|first=Darryl \|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?\|failed=y \|date=August 2022}}<!--Lundy is not a reliable source so cite Lundy's reliable source See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT]]--></ref>

	===Children with Frances Isabella Ricketts===		===Children with Frances Isabella Ricketts===

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{{Infobox military person
|name=Sir Abraham Roberts
|image=Abraham Roberts - Project Gutenberg eText 16528.jpg
|caption=Sir Abraham Roberts
|birth_date= {{birth date|1784|04|11|df=yes}}
|death_date= {{death date and age|1873|12|28|1784|04|11|df=yes}}
|birth_place= Waterford, Ireland
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|branch= [[British East India Company]]
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|rank= [[General (United Kingdom)|General]]
|unit= [[101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)|1st Bengal European Regiment]]
|commands= [[101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)|1st Bengal European Regiment]]<br>[[Lahore Division]]
|battles= [[First Afghan War]]
|awards= [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]]
|relations= [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts]] (son)<br>[[Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts|Frederick Hugh Roberts]] (grandson)
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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Abraham Roberts''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCB}} (11 April 1784 – 28 December 1873) was a British [[East India Company]] Army [[General (United Kingdom)|general]] who served nearly 50 years in [[India]].

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.

==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,<ref>{{cite web|title=The peerage |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?|failed=y |date=August 2012}}</ref> a [[magistrate]] in [[County Waterford]] and a rector of [[Passage East]].{{fact|date=January 2021}}

==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 [[101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)|1st Bengal European Regiment]] and the [[Lahore Division]].<ref>{{cite news|title=ny times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1897/01/16/archives/lord-roberts-a-great-soldiers-story-of-his-own-career-in-india-and.html | work=The New York Times | date=16 January 1897 | accessdate=23 April 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=links.org|url=http://www.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/ben/camilla-genealogy/current+c-roberts634+2-2-0-1}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He also had a house in [[Bristol]], 25 Royal York Crescent, Bristol, Somerset BS8 – England.<ref>{{cite web|title=Will on Genealogy.com|url=https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/j/o/l/Janine-Jol/GENE6-0002.html}}</ref>

From 1862 to his death he was Colonel of the [[101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101-862.htm |title=101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) |publisher=regiments.org |accessdate=17 August 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060330133039/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101-862.htm |archivedate=30 March 2006 }}</ref>

==Family==
He married Frances Isabella Ricketts, daughter of George Poyntz Ricketts, on 20 July 1820.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Peerage |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?|failed=y |date=August 2012}}</ref>

On the death of his first wife he married Isabella Bunbury, daughter of Abraham Bunbury, on 2 August 1830.<ref name="the peerage">{{cite web|title=the peerage |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468}}{{Unreliable source?|failed=y |date=August 2012}}</ref>

===Children with Frances Isabella Ricketts===
*Frances Eliza Roberts
*Maria Isabella Roberts
*Major General [[George Ricketts Roberts]].<ref name="the peerage"/>

===Children with Isabella Bunbury===
*Harriet Mercer Roberts
*Field Marshal [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts|Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts]]<ref name="the peerage"/>

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
*{{cite web |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24147.htm#i241468 |title= General Sir Abraham Roberts |publisher= The Peerage}}

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