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General Sir Robert Abercromby, GCB (21 October 1740 – 3 November 1827) was a British Army officer, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Bombay from 1790 to 1792. He also sat in the British House of Commons representing the constituency of Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire from 1798 to 1802.
29 de abr. de 2022 · Sir Robert died at Airthrey in November 1827: aged 87, he was the oldest general in the British army. He was succeeded by his nephew, Lord Abercromby, the son of his elder brother, Sir Ralph.
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b. 21 Oct. 1740, 3rd s. of George Abercromby of Tullibody, Clackmannan, and bro. of Sir Ralph Abercromby*. unm.KB 15 Aug. 1792; GCB 2 Jan. 1815.
Ensign 44 Ft. 1758, lt. 1759, capt. 1761, half-pay 1763; maj. 62 Ft. 1772; lt. col. 37 Ft. 1775; col. and a.d.c. to the King 1781; col. 75 Ft. 1787; maj.-gen. (Bombay) 1790, lt.-gen. 1797, gen. 1802. Gov. and c.-in-c. Bombay 1790-2; c.-in-c. India 1793-7. Gov. Edinburgh Castle Aug. 1801-d.
Abercromby served with distinction in both American wars and more particularly so in India, as commander during the Mysore and second Rohilla wars. He returned home with an eye disease in April 1797, commended by the governor general Sir John Shore for his zeal, excessive good nature and disregard for material gain. While his elder brother Sir Ralp...
Robert Haldane sold the Airthrey estate in 1798 to his sister-in-law's uncle, General Sir Robert Abercromby, a distinguished soldier whose military career had been pursued in America (in the War of Independence) and in India, and who had been Governor of Bombay.
ABERCROMBY, SIR ROBERT. (c. 1740–1827). British army officer. Robert Abercromby was baptized at his family's Clackmannanshire estate in Scotland on 13 October 1740. He won a commission by his gallantry at Ticonderoga on 8 July 1758 and rose to captain in 1761.
14 de abr. de 2021 · Robert Abercromby died on November 3, 1827, at Airthrey without issue. He was 87 and the oldest general in the British Army. His personal estate amounted to just over £9023. He was survived by his nephew George, who became, on his mother’s death on February 11, 1821, 2nd Baron Abercromby.
General Sir Robert Abercromby GCB (1740–1827), the youngest brother of Sir Ralph Abercromby, was a general in the army, a knight of the Bath, and at one period the Governor of Bombay and Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army and then Commander-in-Chief, India. Abercromby served in the French and...
