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Ralph Abercromby

Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby[a] KB (7 October 1734 – 28 March 1801) was a Scottish soldier and politician. He rose to the rank of lieutenant-general in the British Army, was appointed Governor of Trinidad, served as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, and was noted for his services during the French Revolutionary Wars, ultimately in the Egyptian campaign. His strategies are ranked amongst the most daring and brilliant exploits of the British army.

For his grandson, the diplomat, see Ralph Abercromby, 2nd Baron Dunfermline. For his great-grandson, see Ralph Abercromby (meteorologist). For the public house in Manchester, see Sir Ralph Abercromby (pub).

The Right Honourable
Sir

Ralph Abercromby

KB

(1734-10-07)7 October 1734
Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

28 March 1801(1801-03-28) (aged 66)
Alexandria, Ottoman Egypt

Fort Saint Elmo, Valletta, Malta
35°54′10″N 14°31′12″E / 35.90278°N 14.52000°E / 35.90278; 14.52000

Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom

British Army

1756–1801

Lieutenant-General

Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby (brother)
Sir Robert Abercromby (brother)

Member of Parliament
Governor of Trinidad
Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire

Hon. Anne Abercromby (born 21 September 1768 and died October 1832) married . They had two sons, and two daughters.

Donald Cameron, 22nd Chief of Clan Cameron

Hon. Mary Abercromby (born 19 August 1773 and died 26 April 1825)

Hon. Catherine Abercromby (born 4 December 1780 and died 1841), married on 31 December 1811 to Thomas Buchanan of Powis (d. 1842) Superintendent of Marines at Bombay. They had one son.

[30]

(1770–1843)

George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby

General Hon. (1772–1817)

Sir John Abercromby

(1776–1858)

James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline

Lt.-Col. Hon. (1784–1853)

Alexander Abercromby

On 17 November 1767, Abercromby married Mary Anne, daughter of John Menzies and Ann, daughter of Patrick Campbell. They had seven children.[29] Of four sons, all four entered Parliament, and two saw military service.

Popular culture[edit]

Numerous works have been written about Abercromby. A public house in central Manchester, the "Sir Ralph Abercromby", is named after him. There is also a primary school and pub in Tullibody. There is also another 'General Abercrombie' pub with his portrait by John Hoppner as the sign off of the Blackfriars Bridge Road in London.[31]


Three ships have been named HMS Abercrombie after the general but using the variant spelling of his name.[32]

Some public monuments of Valletta 1800–1955

(1861), Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, KB, 1793–1801

Abercromby, James

. UK National Archives.

"Archival material relating to Ralph Abercromby"

Cokayne, G.E.; et al. (2000), The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, vol. I (reprint in 6 volumes ed.), Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, p. 12

. Collections at the Library of Congress.

"Orderly Book of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot, 16 February 1796–10 October 1796"

Pine, L.G. (1972), The New Extinct Peerage 1884–1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms, London: Heraldry Today, p. 1

at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Portraits of Ralph Abercromby

; Thomson, Thomas Napier (1857). "Abercromby, Sir Ralph" . A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. Vol. 1. Glasgow: Blackie and Son. pp. 4–13 – via Wikisource.

Chambers, Robert

Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). . Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company.

"Abercrombie, Sir Ralph"