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Sir Alexander Abercromby, 1st Baronet

1610 – 1684

Scottish baronet and politician

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Lived 1610 – 1684 (aged 73–74). Sir Alexander Abercromby, 1st Baronet was a politician.

Sir Alexander Abercromby of Birkenbog, 1st Baronet (c. 1603 – December 1684) was a Scottish politician.

He was the oldest son of Alexander Abercromby of Birkenbog and his wife Elizabeth Bethune, daughter of David Bethune. On 20 February 1636, he was created a Baronet, of Birkenbog, in the County of Banff. Abercromby entered the Parliament of Scotland in 1640, sitting for Banffshire until the following year. He represented the constituency also in 1643 and after a break of three years, he was returned for it in 1646, a seat he held for the next two years.

He married firstly Jane Urquhart, daughter of Sir Thomas Urquhart, and had by her a son and three daughters. After her death, Abercromby remarried Jane Sutherland.

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1610
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Member of the Parliament of Scotland
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Sir Alexander Abercromby of Birkenbog, 1st Bt., Alexander Abercromby

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Scottish baronet and politician

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Sir Alexander Abercromby, 1st Baronet was born in 1610.

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Sir Alexander Abercromby, 1st Baronet died on 1 December 1684.

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Sir Alexander Abercromby, 1st Baronet was a politician.

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· Wikipedia: Sir Alexander Abercromby, 1st Baronet

· Wikidata: Q16156262

· DBpedia: Sir Alexander Abercromby, 1st Baronet

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