Mary Abercromby, 1st Baroness Abercromby


Mary Anne Abercromby, 1st Baroness Abercromby was a Scottish socialite and suo jure peeress.

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, son of George Abercromby and Mary Dundas, on 17 November 1767. They had children: