 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Alexander Abercromby aiva mwanakomana muduku waSir Ralph Abercromby, mukuru mukuru weBritain anozivikanwa nokuda kwebasa rake munguva dzehondo dzeNapoleonic naMary Abercromby, 1st Baroness Abercromby. Akazvarwa musi wa 4 Kurume 1784, Abercromby akapinda muchiuto achiri mudiki, uye akashanda semunhu anozvipira ne92nd Regiment mukuenda kuHelder muna 1799. Nokukurumidza akawana basa, uye akaona basa nehurumende yake muEgipita. Akagadzwa aide-de-camp kumutevedzeri wekare wababa vake uye shamwari, Sir John Moore, panguva yekuraira kwake muSicily muna 1806, asi akanga asiri naye kuSpain. 