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DNB

 * Article title: Abercromby, John (1772-1817)
 * Author: Stephens, Henry Morse
 * LEAD: ABERCROMBY, Sir JOHN (1772–1817), general, was the second son of the famous Sir Ralph Abercromby, and the elder of the two sons who followed their father's profession.
 * Errata: Dictionary of National Biography, Errata (1904), p.1
 * LEAD: ABERCROMBY, Sir JOHN (1772–1817), general, was the second son of the famous Sir Ralph Abercromby, and the elder of the two sons who followed their father's profession.
 * Errata: Dictionary of National Biography, Errata (1904), p.1

General

 * For General John Abercromby's services in early life see the memoir of his father
 * for his services in Egypt see Sir R. Wilson's Campaign in Egypt
 * for the capture of the Mauritius see the despatches in the Annual Register and Gentleman's Magazine, the Asiatic Annual Register, and Lady Minto's Lord Minto in India