Baron Dunfermline, of
Dunfermline
Dunfermline (; , ) is a city, parish, and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. Dunfermline was the de facto capital of the Kingdom of Scotland between the 11th and 15th centuries.
The earliest ...
in the
County of Fife, was a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great B ...
.
It was created on 7 June 1839 for the
Whig politician and former
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,
James Abercromby. He was the third son of
Sir Ralph Abercromby and Mary Anne Abercromby, 1st Baroness Abercromby (see
Baron Abercromby for earlier history of the family). The title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baron, in 1868.
Barons Dunfermline (1839)
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James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline (1776–1858)
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Ralph Abercromby, 2nd Baron Dunfermline (1803–1868)
See also
*
Baron Abercromby
References
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Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1839
Abercromby family
Dunfermline
Dunfermline (; , ) is a city, parish, and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. Dunfermline was the de facto capital of the Kingdom of Scotland between the 11th and 15th centuries.
The earliest ...