Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby

Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby, (* October 15, 1745 in Clackmannanshire, † November 17, 1795 in Exmouth, Devon Shire ) was a Scottish lawyer and essayist.

Alexander Abercromby was the fourth and youngest son of the Scottish lawyers George Abercrombie, from Tullibody in Clackmannanshire, and his wife Mary, daughter of Ralph Dundas, Esq. from Manor. His father was born in 1705, in 1728 admitted to the bar and died on June 8, 1800 at the age of 95 years as a senior member of the Judicial College. Among his siblings were the generals Sir Robert Abercromby, later Commander in Chief in India, and in 1801 Sir Ralph Abercromby fallen in Egypt.

Alexander studied at Edinburgh University, 1766 Member of the Faculty of Advocates (a type Bar Association ) and shortly afterwards Sheriff ( magistrate ) in Clackmannanshire. However, since this office did not require personal presence, he continued to practice as a lawyer in Edinburgh. In 1780 he resigned from office and was the then Lord Advocate of Scotland, Henry Dundas, was appointed Depute - Advocate. In May 1792, he was appointed as Lord Abercromby Judge of the Court of Session and Law Lord and in December of the same year Lord Commissioner of Justiciary for Scotland (Lord of Justiciary ).

On a business trip in the spring of 1795 he moved to pneumonia, from which he never recovered and died during an unsuccessful recovery stay.

In addition to his profession as a lawyer Abercromby supported the novelist Henry Mackenzie, author of the Man of Feeling ( 1771), in the creation of the weekly Mirror, which was published from 1779 to 1780 in Edinburgh and wrote himself eleven posts for it. Nine other posts he wrote in 1785 and 1786 for the Lounger, a similar magazine.

A short contribution to his memory his friend Henry Mackenzie wrote for the Royal Society of Edinburgh ( Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Volume IV ).

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