Alexander Abercromby

(1784-1853)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Abercromby, Alexander (1784–1853), army officer LBT ID: AlAberc1853	B/BAP: 1784-03-04 DIED: 1853-08-27
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com
The youngest son of Sir Ralph Abercromby; he fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo, and was afterwards MP for Clackmannan (1817) and colonel of the Coldstream Guards.
REFERENCES TO Alexander Abercromby: Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 17 February 1810 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 1 July 1815 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1: ¶ 2 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. VI: 1810 Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter III: 1815