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The Right Honourable
The Baroness Abercromby
suo jure Baroness Abercromby
Reign 1801–21
Predecessor New Creation
Successor George Abercromby
Born Before 1752
Died 11 February 1821(1821-02-11) (aged 68–69)
Spouse(s) Sir Ralph Abercromby
Issue Anne Abercromby
Mary Abercromby
Catherine Abercromby
George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby
Gen. Sir John Abercromby
James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline
Lt.-Col. Alexander Abercromby
Father John Menzies
Mother Ann Campbell

Mary Anne Abercromby, 1st Baroness Abercromby (née Menzies; born ca. 1752 – 11 February 1821) was a Scottish peeress, socialite and the wife of General Ralph Abercromby.

Biography

Mary Anne was the daughter of John Menzies and Ann, daughter of Patrick Campbell. She was created suo jure 1st Baroness Abercromby, of Aboukir and of Tullibody, in the County of Clackmannanshire, by Letters Patent on 28 May 1801. The barony was awarded in recognition of her late husband's gallantry at the Battle of Alexandria, at which he was mortally wounded. On her death in 1821 she was succeeded in the barony by George, her eldest son.

Family

She married Captain Ralph Abercromby (later Lt.-Gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby), son of George Abercromby and Mary Dundas, on 17 November 1767. They had children:

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