Family and Education
b. 1707, 3rd s. of Alexander Abercromby, M.P., of Tullibody by Mary, da. of Alexander Duff of Braco; uncle of Burnet and Ralph Abercromby. educ. Westminster 1720; Leyden 1724 or 1725; L. Inn 1726, called 1738. unm.
Offices Held
Attorney-gen. S. Carolina 1730 – 45; agent N. Carolina 1748 – 57; agent N. Carolina assembly 1758 – 60; agent Virginia 1754 – 61; agent Virginia gov. and council 1761 – 74; dep. auditor gen. of plantations 1757 – 65.
Purchased Brucefield estate 1758 or 1759.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Brucefield, Clackmannan.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
ABERCROMBY, James (1707-75)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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