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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Abercromby    
First Name(s)  Sir Robert    
Year of Birth  1740    
Year of Death  1827    
Entry  Younger brother of Sir Ralph : entered the Army in 1758 : served in North America till the peace in 1763 : and again, from 1776 to 1783, throughout the war to the capitulation of Yorktown : went to India 1788, and, in 1790, was Governor of Bombay and C. in C. there : Maj- General, 1790. After operations on the Malabar coast, he joined Lord Cornwallis in attacking and defeating Tippoo at Seringapatam in 1792 : K. B. : succeeded Lord Cornwallis as C. in C. in India, Oct. 1793, being at the same time Member of the Supreme Council till Feb. 1797 : he defeated the Rohillas at Batina in Rohilkund in 1794 : Lt-General in 1797 : M.P. for Clackmannan County in 1798 : Governor of Edinburgh Castle, 1801 : General, 1802 : died Nov. 1827.     
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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