Background
The eldest son of Lieutenant-General
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George Abercromby
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On the death of his mother on 11 February 1821 he succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Abercromby. He was Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire, 1837–1843 and, despite his age and illness, greeted Queen Victoria on her progress through Scotland in 1842. Upon his death, he was buried at Tullibody.
Montague Dundas, daughter of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville and Elizabeth Rennie, in Edinburgh on 25 January 1799 and had issue:
George Ralph Campbell Abercromby, 3rd Baron Abercromby (1800–1852)
Honorary
Montague Abercromby (1807–1853), married Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie (1831)
Honorary Mary Ann Abercromby (1811–1898), married Colonel
North.R. Brown (1857).
Membership
2nd United Kingdom Parliament. 3rd United Kingdom Parliament. 5th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was a Whig Member of Parliament for Edinburgh, 1805–1806.
And for Clackmannanshire, 1806–1807 and 1812–1815.
