Robert Abercromby of Airthrey

General

Sir Robert Abercromby

Robert Abercromby painted in 1788 by George Romney
Born(1740-10-21)21 October 1740
Died3 November 1827(1827-11-03) (aged 87)
Airthrey
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
RankGeneral
CommandsBombay Army
Indian Army
Battles / warsFrench and Indian War
American Revolutionary War
Third Anglo-Mysore War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

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. The youngest brother of Sir Ralph Abercromby, he fought in the American War of Independence before serving in India as part of the Bombay Army, where he eventually rose to the rank of Commander-in-Chief, India.[1]

  1. ^ "Sir Robert Abercromby letter". The New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts. 22 February 1999. Retrieved 9 August 2022.