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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Dunfermline, James Abercromby, Baron, 1776-1858 NRA: Abercromby, James (1776-1858) 1st Baron Dunfermline, Speaker of House of Commons DNB: Abercromby, James, first Baron Dunfermline (1776-1858), speaker of the House of Commons LBT ID: LdDunfe1 VIAF ID: 23688558 LOC ID: n88096016 | B/BAP: 1776-11-07 DIED: 1858-04-17 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File | |
The son of Lt.-Gen Sir Ralph Abercromby; he was MP for Midhurst (1807), Calne (1812-30)
and Edinburgh (1832), judge-advocate general (1827) and speaker of the House of Commons
(1835-39); he was raised to the peerage in 1839. | |
