NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Abercromby, Sir Robert (1740-1827) Knight, army officer and administrator in India DNB: Abercromby, Sir Robert (1740?-1827), army officer and administrator in India LBT ID: RoAberc1827 | B/BAP: 1740 DIED: 1827-11 |
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com | |
Commander-in-chief at Bombay who defeated Tippoo Sultan in 1792, and commander of the
British forces in the Rohilla War. He was MP for Clackmannan (1798). | |