AMiUCTIMi. JOHN, M.D. 



ABERCROMUV, SIR RALI'll. 



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 ovtioMto CastilU; and 

 t Grenada were 



k.kBd 



TIL to foi 



late wt* Jok. IL 

 to Uvoorof 



brok* oat. and John 

 *\n ttminttt to 



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oorapUd Grenada. wbJU 

 ll.%h*^BB> Tlu* MoOBjd inWfnipiiou of Mohani* 

 r only of short deration. H* refaiood hi* 

 * after Ik* doath of YoBBf-b*D-Albamar. which 



of 



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of t*W C^trHlfcin ooaiDMUvtlcr Coorl*. A on of 

 , B UM k**d T Mt*** hud of valiant knight*, 

 UasarU, ud fell w a halt!* (14S8), in 

 od orach lot*. Kw distarhaBOr. woo 

 reoada. Hohamsaod Vlt wa. (in 1444) 

 OMB !. SBBBfOBBB 1 by eo of hi* BOBbcwa, Orain-aJ- A boat But 



. who WM Mapportod by John II.. and 

 14U. preT.tM.T.rhMOf>naMM. Booo after thi*, John II. 



WSB *tmmA*4 ia th* juTiianxm of CMtilk by Henry IV.. who WM 

 wlw**t to Mooi.u**)4Nl-^B]o-lMD*uL owjd mirwwd Ux bu<inili<ii r which, 

 <NM Iks* Ma** took a tan oMdodly uBfavwombl* to th* kingdom of 



that, aboot thiTtW an 

 by the Abonoerage*, 

 ononeoftfceirownfamily. 

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HiMlm of IkoM dUnrbinon to oocupy tk* foctnoi 

 Tk* Anhi* nlinlol>i My othing of web an *r*Bt, 



If tkora b* aay tnrth in Ut* 



lr litili 



Of Ik. frwl. of Ik* At, II NIMH With th. Z 

 Ankian family in tk. kiafdom of Onoada. who 

 M Ik* M*4M*BBMdank*s of Cordon, of tk* 



with th* ZefriM, another noble 

 who traced their dotcent 

 of thirty 



UMporndy of their oppoosote, and 

 iraoad Vb. Chrutian 



told ia tk. OOOTTM cTviU. d.' Oranada, by (Jinw 



rk which |irn< to b* a IranaUtioo from an 



but is of doobtfel aatkratioity. The work 



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*|mly miiili of two *otaM*. bot in ntort dittoo* only tb. fint 

 b iBfWtoa. and ipflu of tk* mini ar* mud to b. now extrwMly 

 nr. wtrn to Hpain. Am "-g^^ tr.nlrtlna of tb. flnt part, by 

 naiiiBiM.iiiiiiilwdattk*Ult*fTkaTUWar.ofOranad,' 



KlMBII, JOHH. M.D, Follow of th. Koyal Collrge. of 

 Mrf IVnMM of BdWrnith, X WM born oath* llth of 

 Um WM Ik* OM of UM Rrr. Mr. Aboraronbio, for 



Mof tk. 



ia . 



4k of JBM. 1HO. II. 

 Utfk. Md IMBBM a r0ow of Ik* Royal CoU*f* of 



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MIBM Ik* amovj** of a 

 kjk) flajlv oaraor atoordaw 



that 



. Aborcrombie. for 

 of Abordota. Abrrerombi. 

 took hi. dogn* there on th* 

 aracsU* MbotqaenUy in Edin- 

 .[*on* in the 

 to teach onr.ry, and taking the 



-, though b* so far 

 witklkatof a Bhyaieian ovon in 



. Ician; and 

 of Ik. ooUbratod 

 Dr. Abworombi* btgan to 

 M a praotiainK and 



H.b*un.allotiatooflb. 

 and In 1814 WM admitted . 



to the offio* of phyiicUu in ordinary to her Mnjerty for Sootlanil. 

 In the numerou* religioiu will beiiovolent ocieti* of K'linl.ur^li lie 

 hold a high and honourable potitinn. Dr. Aberorombie diol IMK!- 

 draly. ou ThurmUy, November 14, 1844, at hi* houje in York Place, 

 Edinburgh. Tho immediate cause of hi. death WM the bur- tin.; ..i 

 the coronary artery of the heart 



The writing* of Dr. Abercrombie contributed no Ion to the eU- 

 Ui*hm*nt and mainteoaaoe of hi* fame than hU very ucful career a* 

 a praotioal member of bii profeation. In the early part of hi* oourw 

 h* ooofined hi. literary labour* to the 'Edinburgh Medical nu I 

 Surgical Journal,' and other periodical! in hi. own department of 

 eieooe. Mil fint dUtinot work of moment, leaving out of cousider- 

 atioo publiahad OM*. of dieeue and limilar minor traatuoi, WM one 

 entitled ' Pathological and Practical Kesearoha. on DiteuM of the 

 Brain and th. Spinal Cord,' Edinburgh, 1823, 8ro. In thi work, 

 which i* ohanoteriacd by no ordinary degree of purely scientific 

 knowledge, be also gar* an indication of the bent of hii geniua to tbo 

 tucly of mind and ite relations to the body. He jmblUhed about 

 tk* game time another profeaiional volume, and one which elevated 

 him (till more highly among the modern cultivator* of meilicin-, 

 tylrd Pathological and Practical Reaearcha* on the Dueate* of the 

 Inteelinal Canal, Liver, and other Vuoera of the Abdomen,' rxiin- 

 borgh, 1828, Svo. He now began to throw together the medical fact* 

 accumulated in the oourse of hi* extensive experience and reading, 



and to examine their bearing, on the varioui metaphyical and moral 

 yitem* that have bean eetebluhed. The result of hi* labour* i* to 

 be found in two work*: the on. entitled ' Inqairie* concerning the 

 Intellectual Power* and the Investigation of Truth,' KJiubviivli. 



Svo; and the other called 'The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings,' 

 London, 1883, Svo. The latter is in some meaiura a sequel to the 

 first, and th. whole composes a view of human nature intellectually 

 and morally, in which the faote of science and the revelations of 

 religion ar* shown to harmonise. Dr. Abercrombie also published 

 several tract* or easay* on religioiu topics, which inauifost the depth 

 of hi* piety and hi* earneetnoat in th* promotion of the welfare of 

 hi* Csllow-mon. In the disruption of the Scottish Established Church, 

 in 1848. Dr. Abercrombie took part with the Free Church, of whose 

 eldership he was, M he had been for many yean in the Established 

 Church, one of the moot active and exemplary members. For range 

 of acquirements Dr. Abercrombie perhaps stood unequalled among 

 the Scottish physician" of hi* day. He earned by his writings a name 

 that will not soon be forgotten, and be will long be remembered, a* a 

 private individual, for hi* piety and benevolence. 



AUERCKOltBT, SIR RALPH, a British general, dirtinguishe I for 

 many gallant and important service*. He wa* the son of Qeorge 

 Aberoromby, Esq., of Tullibodie, hi CUokmannanahire, where he WM 

 born in 1738. After receiving a liberal education, ho entered the 

 army in March, 1756, M a cornet in the 3rd regiment of Dragoon 

 Ouird*. By the year 1787 he bad reached the rank of major-general 

 When the war with Franca broke out, in 1793, Aberoromby wag gont 

 to Holland, with the local rank of lieutenant-general, in the expe- 

 dition commanded by the Duke of York. Hi* bravery during thu 

 prosperou* commencement of this attempt was not more conspicuous 

 than the humanity with which he exerted hi* best energies in the 

 disastrous .equal to alleviate, M far M possible, the miseries of the 

 tick and wounded troop*, whom h* wa* charged to conduct in their 



.: ..t. 



Soon after hi* return to England, in April, 1795, he WM made a 

 Knight of the Bath ; and in August of the same year he WM sent 

 out to the West Indies, M coimnimdei -in-chief of the forces there, 

 and by February, 1797, he had taken in succession Grenada, Demerara, 

 Katequibo, SU Lucia, St Vincent, and Trinidad. He then returned 

 to Europe, having been previously raised to the rank of lieutenant- 

 general, and on reaching England he received the command of tho 

 Scot* Oreys, and the appointment of lieutenant-governor of the Islo 

 of Wight In 1798, on the breaking out of the rebellion in 1 

 Sir Ralph proceeded thither as commander-in-chief ; but after a short 

 time h. WM transferred to the chief military command in Scotland, 

 and the governorship of Fort Augustus and Fort George. He wag 

 soon however called again to active service abroad, on occasion of th.- 

 Moond expedition sent against the French in Holland, iu August, 

 1799, with the conduct of which he WM entrusted before the arrival 

 of the Duke of York. It proved, M is well known, equally unfortu- 

 nate with the former ; but it did not the leu afford many 

 lunitie* to General Abercromby of displaying his activity, intrepidity, 

 and high military talent In 1801 he WM employed to command the 

 English forces despatched for the relief of Egypt; and, in spite of 

 the utmost exertions of the French to prevent his design, he . ; 

 tb* landing of bis troop*, on the 8th of March, at Aboukir, though 

 not without the los* of 2000 men. A few day* after, the enemy 

 mail* a general attack upon the invading forces, M they lay cue . 

 near Alexandria, but were speedily repulsed. On the 21st WM fought, 

 on the same ground, the more obstinate and sanguinary 

 usually designated the battle of Alexandria, in which t 

 wen again driven back at all point*. Sir Ralph WM unhorsed and 

 severely wounded at an early period of the action, by one of tho 

 enemy, whom notwithstanding he disarmed, delivering his sword to 

 Sir Sidney Smith, whom he soon after met Then remounting hi* 



