James Sandilands, 2nd Lord Abercrombie (1645–1681), a member of the
Parliament of Scotland
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, was the son of James Sandilands, 1st Lord Abercrombie and Jean Lichtoun.
His father's wasteful spending had resulted in the alienation of the family lands in
Fife
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in 1649, and Abercrombie seems to have spent most of his life in poverty.
He died unmarried in 1681 in
Kinneff
Kinneff is a roadside hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, just north of Inverbervie.Kinneff.
lordship of parliament
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