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Patrick Abercromby

This article is about the Scottish physician and antiquarian. See also Patrick Abercrombie, the town planner. Patrick Abercromby (1656-c.1716), Scottish physician and antiquarian, was the third son of Alexander Abercromby of Fetterneir in Aberdeenshire, and brother of Francis Abercromby, who was created Lord Glasford by James II of England. He was born at Forfar in 1656 apparently of a Roman Catholic family...