Robert Abercromby of Airthrey

General Sir Robert Abercromby GCB
Robert Abercromby painted in 1788 by George Romney
Born	(1740-10-21)21 October 1740
Died	3 November 1827(1827-11-03) (aged 87) Airthrey
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
Commands held	Bombay Army Indian Army
Battles/wars	French and Indian War American Revolutionary War Third Anglo-Mysore War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

General Sir Robert Abercromby, GCB (21 October 1740 – 3 November 1827) 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.^[1]