 An image of Reverend H. P. Stacy is in the Manchester Art Gallery.Abbott was educated at Addiscombe Military Seminary from 1829 to 1831, from where he joined the 74th Native Infantry.Abbott published anonymously a short account of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, not intended for widespread public circulation, entitled "Particulars of the Mutiny at Delhi, on the 11 May, 1857".