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 1797, General West Indies
1797, General Continent 1799.
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; updated September 2013
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