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General James Abercrombie or Abercromby (1706 – 23 April 1781) of Glassaugh, Banffshire was a British Army general and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1754. He was commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the French and Indian War , best known for the disastrous British losses in the 1758 Battle of ...
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James Abercrombie (born 1706, Glassaugh, Banffshire, Scot.—died April 23/28, 1781, Stirling, Stirlingshire) was a British general in the French and Indian Wars, and the commander of the British forces in the failed attack on the French at Ticonderoga.
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May 9, 2023 · On 08 July 1758, the British army of General James Abercrombie with 16,000 men, (6,000 British soldiers and 10,000 colonials) and their allies the Mohawks (who did not participate in the battle), attacked Fort Carillon commanded by Louis-Joseph de Montcalm with 3,600 soldiers, including 400 Canadians from Lévis and 300 Abenakis.
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James Abercrombie (1706-1781) Abercromby, James (1706-1781), soldier, was born in Scotland, in 1706. He entered the British army as an infantry officer; in 1756 was promoted to the rank of major-general, and appointed second-in-command of the British forces in North America.
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Abercrombie was born in Glassaugh, Banffshire, Scotland to a wealthy family, and was appointed an ensign in the 25th Regiment of Foot at age eleven. He was promoted to captain in 1736, and purchased a major's commission in 1742. He was promoted to colonel in 1746 and served in the Flemish Campaign of the War of Austrian Succession. With the outbrea...
Abercrombie was the son of Alexander, also MP for Banffshire, and Helen Meldrum. He married Mary Duff (sister of William Duff, 1st Earl Fife) and they had one daughter.
Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography OnlineJan 29, 2008 · Abercromby, James. James Abercromby, army officer (b at Banffshire, Scot 1706; d at Glassaugh, Scot 23 Apr 1781). A career soldier, he came to North America in 1756 and was appointed commander in chief of British forces.
Abercromby, JamesABERCROMBY, JAMES. (1706–1781). British general. A laird's son from Banffshire in Scotland, he rose to colonel in the army in 1746. Through Newcastle's patronage, in 1756 he became Loudoun's second in command with the local rank of major general.
