George Abercromby, 3rd Baron Abercromby
The Lord Abercromby | |
|---|---|
| 3rd Baron Abercromby | |
| Predecessor | George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby |
| Successor | George Abercromby, 4th Baron Abercromby |
| Born | George Ralph Campbell Abercromby 30 May 1800 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 25 June 1852 (aged 52) Airthrey Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland |
| Spouse(s) |
Louisa Penuel Forbes
(m. 1832) |
| Issue |
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| Parents | George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby Montague Dundas |
George Ralph Campbell Abercromby, 3rd Baron Abercromby (30 May 1800 – 25 June 1852) was a Scottish soldier, politician and peer. The son of George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby and Montague Dundas, on his death in 1852 he was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son.
Career
He was commissioned into the
Lieutenant-colonelcy. By 1842 he was a colonel and in that year he exchanged into the Coldstream Guards as a lieutenant-colonel. On the death of his father on 15 February 1843 he succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron Abercromby
.
He was a
Whig Member of Parliament for Clackmannanshire, 1824–26 and 1830–1831; for Stirlingshire, 1838–1841; and for Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire, 1841–1842. He was Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire
, 1840–1852.
On his death, he was buried at Tullibody.
Family
He married Louisa Penuel Forbes, daughter of
John Hay Forbes
, Lord Medwyn and Louisa Cumming-Gordon, on 3 April 1832 and had issue:
- Montague Abercromby (1835–1931), married George Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow (1856)
- George Ralph Campbell Abercromby, 4th Baron Abercromby (1838–1917)
- John Abercromby, 5th Baron Abercromby (1841–1924)
- Lt. Ralph Abercromby (1842–1897)
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