Ralph Abercromby

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Ralph Abercromby was a British Army general and politician renowned for his leadership in the French Revolutionary Wars, particularly in campaigns in the Caribbean, Egypt, and the Low Countries.

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Label Occurrences
Ralph Abercromby canonical 9
Sir Ralph Abercromby 2
Abercromby 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
general ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
burialPlace St. John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta ⓘ
causeOfDeath battle wounds ⓘ
child George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby ⓘ
John Abercromby ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1734-10-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1801-03-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Leiden University ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyName Abercromby ⓘ
linked to: Ralph Abercromby
givenName Ralph ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
knownFor personal courage and leadership in battle ⓘ
reforming discipline and welfare in the British Army ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath died of wounds received in battle ⓘ
memberOf Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank Lieutenant General ⓘ
nobleTitle Knight of the Bath ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Aboukir (1801) ⓘ
Battle of Alexandria ⓘ
Battle of Ticonderoga (1758) ⓘ
Flanders Campaign ⓘ
notableWork campaigns in the Caribbean during the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
campaigns in the Low Countries during the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
command of British expedition to Egypt in 1801 ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Clackmannan, Kinross and Clackmannan ⓘ
linked to: Clackmannan

Clackmannanshire ⓘ
placeOfBirth Menstrie, Clackmannanshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
positionHeld Commander of British forces in Egypt ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, British forces in the West Indies ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ
residence Tullibody House ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Mary Abercromby, 1st Baroness Abercromby ⓘ

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Anglo-Russian invasion of the Netherlands → commander → Sir Ralph Abercromby ⓘ
linked to: Ralph Abercromby
Helder Expedition → hasCommander → Ralph Abercromby ⓘ
Ralph Abercromby → familyName → Abercromby ⓘ
linked to: Ralph Abercromby
Battle of Bergen (1799) → commander → Ralph Abercromby ⓘ
Battle of Castricum → commander → Ralph Abercromby ⓘ
Battle of Callantsoog → commander → Ralph Abercromby ⓘ
Battle of Krabbendam → commander → Ralph Abercromby ⓘ
Battle of Alexandria → commander → Ralph Abercromby ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Ireland → officeHolder → Sir Ralph Abercromby ⓘ
linked to: Ralph Abercromby