James Abercromby PC (1776 - 1858)

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Died 17 Apr 1858 at age 81 in Colinton House, Midlothian

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Biography

A barrister and Whig politician. He was the Speaker of the House of Commons from 1835 – 1839.

The Dictionary of National Biography writes that "As speaker Abercromby acted with great impartiality while he possessed sufficient decision to quell any serious tendency to disorder."

On retirement, he was elevated to the House of Lords as Baron Dunfermline, of Dunfermline in the County of Fife.

Sources

• G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IV, page 534

The Dictionary of National Biography

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