Robert Abercromby
Sir Robert Abercromby G.CB (occasionally also Abercrombie ; born October 21, 1740 in Clackmannanshire , † November 3, 1827 in Airthrey ) was a British general.
Robert Abercromby, a younger brother of General Sir Ralph Abercromby , fought in the Indian and French War and the American War of Independence , became Major General in 1790, and was then Governor of Bombay and Commander in Chief of the British Army in India from October 1793 to January 1797 . In 1798 he was elected to Parliament for Clackmannanshire and was Governor of Edinburgh Castle from 1801 .
When the former naval officer Robert Haldane (1764-1842) - whose younger brother James Alexander Haldane had married Abercromby's niece Mary Joass - decided in 1798 to sell his property in order to devote himself to spreading the Christian faith, Abercromby acquired Airthrey Castle , a romantic castle near Stirling in Scotland built by Robert Adam in 1791 . Today it serves as the administration building of the university there.
source
- William Anderson: The Scottish Nation: Or the Namen, Families, Literature, Honors and Biographical History of The People of Scotland. - Edinburgh and London: A. Fullerton & Co, 1863
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| SURNAME | Abercromby, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abercrombie, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British General and Member of Parliament; Commander in Chief in India; Governor of Edinburgh Castle |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1740 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clackmannanshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 3, 1827 |
| Place of death | Airthrey |