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RALPH ABERCROMBY

Sir Ralph Abercromby was a Scottish general. He was born in 1734 at Menstrie, Clackmannshire and died in 1801. He entered the army in 1756 as cornet in the 3rd Dragoon Guards and eventually rose to the rank of major-general in 1787. After serving in Europe during the Seven Years War from 1756 to 1763 he was member of parliament for Clackmannshire from 1774 to 1780 before rejoining the army in 1793 leading successful operations against the French in St Lucia and Trinidad between 1795 and 1796. He was fatally wounded while leading the Anglo-Turk forces against the French at Aboukir Bay in 1801.
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