Mary Anne Abercromby, 1st Baroness Abercromby of

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(''née'' Menzies; born ca. 1752 – 11 February 1821) was a Scottish peeress,

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and the wife of General

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Biography

Mary Anne was the daughter of

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and Ann, daughter of Patrick Campbell. She was created

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1st Baroness Abercromby, of Aboukir and of Tullibody, in the County of Clackmannanshire, by

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on 28 May 1801. The barony was awarded in recognition of her late husband's gallantry at the Battle of Alexandria, at which he was mortally wounded. On her death in 1821 she was succeeded in the barony by

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, her eldest son.

Family

She married Captain Ralph Abercromby (later Lt.-Gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby), son of George Abercromby and Mary Dundas, on 17 November 1767. They had children: * Anne Abercromby (died 1844), married Donald Cameron, 22nd of Lochiel and had issue * Mary Abercromby (died 1825) * Catherine Abercromby (died 1841) *

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(1770–1843) * Gen. Sir John Abercromby (1772–1817) *

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(1776–1858) * Lt.-Col. Alexander Abercromby (1784–1853)

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