British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
Abercromby, Ralph
By: Ron McGuigan
Abercromby, Ralph (7 October 1734 - 28 March 1801)
Also as Ralph Abercrombie.
Brother of Lieutenant Colonel James Abercromby and General Sir Robert
Abercromby.
Cornet 3rd Dragoon Guards 1756, Lieutenant 3rd Dragoon Guards 1760,
Captain 3rd Dragoon Guards 1762, Major 3rd Dragoon Guards 1770, Lieutenant
Colonel 3rd Dragoon Guards 1773, Brevet Colonel 1780, Half-pay
1783, Major General 1787, Lieutenant General Continent 1794, Lieutenant
General West Indies 1797, Lieutenant General 1797.
Early Service: Continent in Seven Years War 1758-1762.
Service 1793-1815: Flanders 1793-1795, Commander in West Indies 1795-1797,
Commander-in-Chief Ireland 1797-1798, Commander in Scotland 1798-1800
and served Helder 1799, Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean 1800-1801
and Egypt 1801. Died of wounds Egypt 1801.
MP 1774-1780, 1796-1798.
KB 1795
Colonel of the 103rd Foot 1781-1783, 69th Foot
1790-1792, 6th Foot 1792-1795, 7th Dragoon Guards 1795-1796, 2nd Dragoons
1796-1801.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: October 2009
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