Sir Alexander Abercromby, 1st Baronet

Sir Alexander Abercromby of Birkenbog, 1st Baronet (c. 1603 – December 1684) was a Scottish politician.

He was the oldest son of Alexander Abercromby of Birkenbog and his wife Elizabeth Bethune, daughter of David Bethune.[1] On 20 February 1636, he was created a Baronet, of Birkenbog, in the County of Banff.[2] Abercromby entered the Parliament of Scotland in 1640, sitting for Banffshire until the following year.[3] He represented the constituency also in 1643 and after a break of three years, he was returned for it in 1646, a seat he held for the next two years.[3] In 1661, he was again successful for Banffshire until 1663.[3] Abercromby was a Covenanter and in 1645 took part at the Battle of Auldearn under command of John Hurry.[4]

He married firstly Jane Urquhart, daughter of Sir Thomas Urquhart, and had by her a son and three daughters.[5] After her death, Abercromby remarried Jane Sutherland.[5] On 22 August 1668 he married thirdly Elizabeth Baird, daughter of Sir James Baird.[5] Abercromby had another daughter by his second wife and three sons and a daughter by his third wife.[5] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second and oldest surviving son James.[4] His third son Alexander was also a Member of Parliament and ancestor of the Barons Abercromby.[6]

  1. ^ Collins, Arthur (1812). Sir Egerton Brydges (ed.). Collin's Peerage of England. Vol. IX. London: T. Bensley. p. 151.
  2. ^ Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (28th ed.). London: Hurst and Blackett. p. 591.
  3. ^ a b c Foster, Joseph. Members of Parliament, Scotland, including the Minor Barons, the Commissioners for the Shire. BiblioBazaar Llc. p. 1. ISBN 1-113-82016-0.
  4. ^ a b Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 5.
  5. ^ a b c d Burke, John (2001). Peter de Vere Beauclerk-Dewar (ed.). Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain. Burke's Peerage and Gentry. p. 1. ISBN 0-9711966-0-5.
  6. ^ "ThePeerage – Sir Alexander Abercromby of Birkenbog, 1st Bt". Retrieved 11 February 2009.