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George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby




He married Montague Dundas, daughter of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville , on January 25 , 1799 .

He was a Whig Member Of Parliament 1805–1807 and 1812–1815. He later inherited his mother's barony of Abercromby in 1821, and the estate of Airthrey from his uncle Robert Abercromby Of Airthrey in 1827. In 1837 he was made Lord Lieutenant Of Stirlingshire , and despite his age and illness, greeted Queen Victoria on her progress through Scotland in 1842. Upon his death, he was buried at Tullibody .


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