James Abercrombie, Scottish general and politician (born 1706)

James Abercrombie (British Army officer, born 1706)

British Army general (1706–1781)

General James Abercrombie or Abercromby of Glassaugh, Banffshire was a British Army general and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1754. He was commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the French and Indian War, best known for the disastrous…