COMMANDER // 1740–1827
Robert Abercromby
Lifespan
1740 – 1827
Active service 1781 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 41.
Profile
General Sir Robert Abercromby, GCB was a British Army officer, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Bombay from 1790 to 1792. He also sat in the British House of Commons representing the constituency of Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire from 1798 to 1802. The youngest brother of Sir Ralph Abercromby, he fought in the American War of Independence before serving in India as part of the Bombay Army, where he eventually rose to the rank of Commander-in-Chief, India.
Battles (1)
1781
YorktownAmerican Revolution · Great Britain