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Sarah Masson (?-1879), wife of Lt General Herbert Edward Stacy Abbott, hence all the Masson middle names. My great great grandmother. She was the granddaughter of John McDougall, Vice Admiral.
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Herbert Edward Stacy Abbott (1855-1939) – Son of Herbert Edward Stacy Abbott (his namesake), great-grandson of John Thomas Abbott. A very keen cricketer. Lt Colonel in the Royal Engineers.
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George Masson Abbott (1841-1919) – Lt Col in the 19th Bengal Lancers. Another son of Herbert Edward Stacy Abbott.
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Emilie Anne Abbott (1843-1918), daughter of Herbert Edward Stacy Abbott.
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Helen Rose Abbott (1847-1931) young - elder below, another daughter of Herbert Edward Stacy Abbott.
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Hamilton George Frampton Stallard (1871-1952) in the uniform of the Egyptian Army. He was seconded to the Egyptian Army in the war again the Khalifa (Mahdi’s successor) in the Sudan. His mother was Helen Rose Abbott.
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Stacy Frampton Stallard (1873-1961), a Brigadier-General, also a keen photographer, another son of Helen Rose Abbott, grandfather of contributor Nicholas McGuigan.