named in his honour. Family On 17 November 1767, Abercromby married Mary Anne, daughter of John Menzies and Ann, daughter of Patrick Campbell. They had seven children. Of four sons, all four entered Parliament, and two saw military service. Hon. Anne Abercromby (born 21 September 1768 and died October 1832) married Donald Cameron, 22nd Chief of Clan Cameron. They had two sons, and two daughters. Hon. Mary Abercromby (born 19 August 1773 and died 26 April 1825) Hon. Catherine Abercromby (born 4 December 1780 and died 1841), married on 31 December 1811 to Thomas Buchanan of Powis (d.1842) Superintendent of Marines at Bombay. They had one son. George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby (1770–1843) General Hon. Sir John Abercromby (1772–1817) James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline(1776–1858) Lt.-Col. Hon. Alexander Abercromby (1784–1853) Popular culture Numerous works have been written about Abercromby. A public house in central Manchester, the 'Sir Ralph Abercromby', is named after him. There is also a primary school and pub in Tullibody. There is also another 'General Abercrombie' pub with his portrait by John Hoppner as the sign off of the Blackfriars Bridge Road in London. Three ships have been named HMS Abercrombie after the general but using the variant spelling of his name. Further reading Some public monuments of Valletta 1800–1955 Notes References Primary sources Secondary sources Divall, Carole. General Sir Ralph Abercromby and the French Revolutionary Wars 1792–1801. (Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2019). Howard, Martin R. Death Before Glory: The British Soldier in the West Indies in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1793–1815. (Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2015). External links |- 1734 births 1801 deaths People from Clackmannanshire 18th-century Scottish people 19th-century Scottish people People educated at Rugby School Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Leipzig University alumni 3rd Dragoon Guards officers 7th Dragoon Guards officers Ralph British Army lieutenant generals British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars British Army commanders of the Napoleonic Wars British Army personnel of the Seven Years' War British military personnel killed in the French Revolutionary Wars Commanders-in-Chief, Ireland Governors of British Trinidad Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath Lord-Lieutenants of Clackmannanshire Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1796–1800 Scottish military personnel Politics of Clackmannanshire Royal Scots Greys officers Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers officers Scottish generals Wars involving Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Members of the Privy Council of