Robert Blair McCabe

Robert Blair McCabe
Political officer of the North Lushai Hills
In office
9 September 1890  1892
MonarchQueen Victoria
Preceded byH.R. Browne
Succeeded byA.W. Davis
Personal details
Bornc.1854
Jersey, Channel Islands
DiedJune 12, 1897(1897-06-12) (aged 42–43)
Shillong, East Khasi Hills
Cause of deathGreat Shillong Earthquake
Resting placeAll Saints Cathedral Old Cemetery
Spouse
Mabel Augusta Cortlandt Faulknor
(m. 1887)
Parent
  • John McCabe (father)
Alma materVictoria College, Jersey
OccupationIndian Civil Service
ProfessionDeputy Commissioner
Known forPacification of the Naga Hills
Pacification of the Lushai Hills
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/servicePolice
Battles/warsLushai Rising
AwardsOrder of the Star of India (Posthumous)
The Lushai campaign medal

Robert Blair McCabe CSI (Lushai: Lalmantua, lit.'Chief catcher', c.1854 12 June 1897) was a British civil servant. He joined the Indian civil service in 1874 and was stationed in Assam in 1876. He is most well known for his pacification of the Naga Hills and the Lushai Hills, particularly the Lushai Rising. McCabe would die in 1897 after being struck by an earthquake.