Keith Edward Abbott

Keith Edward Abbott (1814–1873) was a British diplomat and consul general at Tabriz and later Odessa.

Family background

Keith was born in London, the 5th son of Henry Alexius Abbott, a retired Calcutta merchant of Blackheath, Kent,^[1] and his wife Margaret Welsh, the daughter of William Welsh of Edinburgh. He had the following siblings:

Margaret (1801–1877)
Major General Augustus Abbott, CB (1804–1867)
Major General Sir Frederick Abbott, CB (1805–1892 )
General Sir James Abbott, KCB (1807–1896 )
Emma Abbott (1809–1875)
Major General Saunders Alexius Abbott (1811–1894 )
Edmund Abbott (1816-1816)

Career

He was first appointed to the Consulate of Tehran in 1841, from where he transferred, in 1842, to Tabriz. K. E. Abbott was appointed Consul of Tabriz in April 1854, and remained there till the rupture between England and Persia in 1856, and returned to the same place, as Consul-General, on the renewal of relations with Persia, in July 1857. In July 1868 he became Consul-General of the Russian Ports in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, residing at Odessa, and remaining there until his death on the 28th April, 1873.

References

^ Biog. of Henry Alexius Abbot per the obituaries of his prominent sons

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Name	Abbott, Keith Edward
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1814
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Date of death	1873
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