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James Abercromby (1707–1775)
James Abercromby or Abercrombie may refer to: *Sir James Abercrombie, 1st Baronet (c. 1680–1724), British Army officer and politician * Sir James Abercromby, 2nd Baronet (c. 1670–1734), Scottish MP for Banffshire * James Abercrombie (British Army officer, born 1706) (1706–1781), British general * James Abercrombie (British Army officer, born 1732) (1732–1775), British colonel * James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline (1776–1858), British politician * James Abercrombie (congressman) (1792–1861), US Representative from Alabama * James Abercrombie (inventor) (1891–1975), American inventor * James Abercrombie (priest) (1758–1841), American Episcopal priest * James Abercrombie Jr., American politician See also *Jim Abercrombie (1880–1948), Australian rugby league footballer *Abercrombie (surname) Abercrombie ( ) is a Scottish surname, and may refer to: * Alexander Abercrombie (1949–2023), British pianist, composer, and mathematician * Cecil Abercrombie (1886–1916) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir James Abercrombie, 1st Baronet
Sir James Abercrombie, 1st Baronet ( 1680 – 14 November 1724), of Edinburgh, was a British Army officer and Scottish Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain in 1710. Abercrombie was the illegitimate son of James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton. He joined the Royal Scots as an ensign on 24 May 1696, and fought in the Battle of Blenheim in 1704 as Aide-de-Camp to George Douglas-Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney. He became brevet major in 1706 and captain on 31 May 1707. He was created baronet on 21 May 1709. He subsequently served as a captain and lieutenant-colonel in the Coldstream Guards from 1710 to 1711.Hayton, D. W. (2002"ABERCROMBY, James (d.1724)"''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690–1715'', edited by D. Hayton, E. Cruickshanks, and S. Handley Abercrombie was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dysart Burghs at a by-election on 16 January 1710 and held the seat until the dissolution of parliament on 21 September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir James Abercromby, 2nd Baronet
Sir James Abercromby of Birkenbog, 2nd Baronet (c. 1670 – 20 September 1734) was a Scottish baronet and politician. He was the oldest son of Sir Alexander Abercromby, 1st Baronet and his third wife Elizabeth Baird, daughter of Sir James Baird. Abercromby succeeded his father as baronet in 1684. He entered the Parliament of Scotland in 1693, sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Banffshire until 1702. Abercromby had a library of some importance, and books with his engraved bookplate can still be found in libraries today. Abercromby married Mary Gordon, daughter of Arthur Gordon. They had fifteen children, ten sons and five daughters. Abercromby was succeeded in the baronetcy by his third and oldest surviving son Robert. References 1670s births 1734 deaths Nobility from Aberdeenshire Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia Shire commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1689–1702 Banffshire James James may r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Abercrombie (British Army Officer, Born 1706)
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 Carillon. Biography Abercrombie was born in Glassaugh, Banffshire, Scotland, the eldest son of Alexander Abercromby, also MP for Banffshire, and his wife Helen Meldrum. He was appointed an ensign in the 25th Regiment of Foot at age eleven. He married Mary Duff (sister of William Duff, 1st Earl Fife) and they had one daughter. At the 1734 British general election, he was returned by his brother-in-law, William Duff, later Lord Braco, as Member of Parliament for Banffshire. He voted regularly with the Government. Abercrombie was promoted to captain in 1736, and by 1739 was lieutenant-governor of Stirling castle. He was re-elected MP for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Abercrombie (British Army Officer, Born 1732)
Lieutenant Colonel James Abercrombie (1732 – 23 June 1775) was a British Army officer who died during the American Revolutionary War. There is much uncertainty about Abercrombie's family. He may have been related to the much better known General James Abercrombie, as described in '' Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography'', but the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'' states that the common identification of him as the general's son or nephew is probably erroneous. On 11 June 1744 Abercrombie was listed as a newly promoted Lieutenant of the 1st Foot. On 16 February 1756, he was promoted to the rank of Captain in the 42nd Foot. With this rank, he served in the French and Indian War, notably as one of General Abercrombie's aides in the Battle of Fort Carillon at Ticonderoga in 1758 before being made aide-de-camp to his successor Jeffrey Amherst in 1759. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1770 and joined British forces assigned to the American colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline
James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline FRSE (7 November 177617 April 1858), was a British barrister and Whig politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1835 and 1839, the first Scottish MP to hold that position. Background and education Abercromby was the third son of General Sir Ralph Abercromby, who fell at the Battle of Alexandria, and Mary, 1st Baroness Abercromby, daughter of John Menzies of Fernton, Perthshire. He was the younger brother of George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby and Sir John Abercromby and the elder brother of Alexander Abercromby. He attended the Royal High School, Edinburgh, and was called to the English Bar, Lincoln's Inn, in 1801. He became a commissioner of bankruptcy and later appointed steward of the Duke of Devonshire's estates. Legal and political career Abercromby sat as Whig Member of Parliament for Midhurst between 1807 and 1812 and for Calne between 1812 and 1830. He brought forwards two motions for bills t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Abercrombie (congressman)
James Abercrombie (February 18, 1792 – July 2, 1861) was an American politician and slave owner, and a United States Representative from Alabama. Biography Abercrombie was born in Hancock County, Georgia on February 18, 1792, son of Charles and Edwina Dicey Malinda Booth Abercrombie. He moved to Alabama in the early 1810s and settled first in Monroe County, now called Dallas County, Alabama, and then in Montgomery County, Alabama. He married Evelina Elizabeth Ross, and they had four children, James, Sarah, Jane, and Clara. He died on July 2, 1861. Career During the War of 1812, Abercrombie served as a corporal in Maj. F. Freeman's Squadron of Georgia Cavalry. He studied law, and served as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1820 to 1822, 1824 to 1825, and 1838 to 1839. He was also a member of the Alabama Senate from 1825 to 1833 and 1847 to 1850. After having moved to Russell County, Alabama, in 1834, Abercrombie was elected from the Whig party to the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Abercrombie (inventor)
James Smither Abercrombie (7July 18917January 1975) was an American inventor who is best known for designing the world's first reliable blowout preventer (BOP) to contain disastrous well blowouts. Abercrombie was born the fourth of 13 children in Huntsville, Texas to parents James Buford and Evelina Abercrombie Jr on 7 July, 1891. He attended a grammar school in his hometown throughout childhood, before eventually his family was forced to move in 1900, citing a combination of the harsh winters in the area, as well as an infestation of boll weevil feeding on local cotton crops. During this period he attended school and picked up various jobs to help his family make money, one such as a soda jerk. Around turning 15, he worked to help with his family's newly started dairy farm on the outskirts of Houston. In 1909, Abercrombie got his first job working in the oil industry as a deckhand for one of Goose Creek Production Company's drilling rigs. This would evolve into buying a drill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Abercrombie (priest)
James B. Abercrombie (1758–1841) was an American priest in St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. Having lost his father at a very young age, Abercrombie was subsequently raised and educated by his devoutly religious mother who encouraged him to become a minister, to which he readily aspired and became. Saint Peter's, Essay Morrison, 2009, pp. 137–138 Early years Abercrombie was born on January 26, 1758, in colonial Philadelphia. He was the only surviving child of his father James Abercrombie, a sea captain who came to the colonies from Dundee, Scotland, in 1753, and Margaret Bennet, his second wife. The elder Abercrombie was a captain in the British Navy. When James Jr. was two years old, his father died while at sail in the North Sea. Sprague, 1859, p. 392 As a youth Abercrombie was instructed for several years by his mother, a very intelligent and devotedly pious woman, who educated him with great care, in the hope that he would aspire in becoming a minister of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Abercrombie Jr
James Abercrombie Jr. was an American politician. He was a state legislator in Florida. From 1860 to 1865 he served in the Florida Senate, representing the 1st District. He was born in Alabama, and was the son of Congressman James Abercombie (1792–1861). Abercrombie managed his family's brickmaking A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a unit primarily composed of clay. But is now also used informally to denote building un ... business in Pensacola. It worked to supply the U.S. government with bricks for its forts. He was an incorporator of Florida Gas Light Company in 1861. References Florida state senators 19th-century members of the Florida Legislature Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{Florida-FLSenate-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Abercrombie
James Maskell Abercrombie (born James Maskell; 31 December 1880 – 29 October 1948) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played for Western Suburbs in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition. He also played rugby union for North Sydney and Glebe. His position of choice was at though his versatility meant he could play anywhere in the forwards and he often goal kicked. Family Abercrombie was born as James Maskell on New Year's Eve 1880 in Curramulka, South Australia. His parents were Thomas Meskel and Lucy Hickman. The family changed their name to Maskell Abercrombie before Jim's marriage in 1906 to Grace Johnson, and his son was baptised in 1907 as William Joseph Maskell Abercrombie. Career Abercrombie originally played rugby union prior to the formation of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in 1908 and was one of the original players to make the switch to the newly formed code. He attended the founding meeting of the Western Suburbs rug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
