Background
He was the son of Sir George Abercromby, 4th Baronet, and Jane Ogilvie, the daughter of Alexander Ogilvie, 7th Lord Banff. He succeeded to the titles on the death of his father in 1816.
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Robert Abercromby
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Career
Among the properties he inherited were the main family seat, which was Forglen House in Turriff, Aberdeenshire. He commissioned the Aberdeen City Architect, John Smith to design a new mansion in 1839. During the first quarter of the 19th-century, Abercromby purchased most of the town and lands of Fermoy in Ireland from fellow Scotsman John Anderson.
In 1839, a daughter, Georgina Charlotte, died aged only 16 (she is buried in Street Johns churchyard in Edinburgh).
In 1852, a daughter, Roberta Henrietta Abercromby, married Sir Edwin Hare Dashwood, 7th Baronet. In 1862, a daughter, Frances Emily Abercromby, married William Forbes-Sempill, 17th Lord Sempill.
Membership
5th United Kingdom Parliament]
From 1812 to 1818 he was the Member of Parliament for Banffshire.
