Alexander Abercromby 1678-1728

Alexander ABERCROMBY or ABERCROMBIE of Glassaugh 1678-1728

Abercromby's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection *576)

Biographical Note

Of Glassaugh, Fordyce, Banff, Scotland. He was a Scottish Army officer and politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1706 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons from 1707 to 1727.

Books

Used an engraved bookplate:

Franks 48 : Abercrombie, Alexander, of Glassaugh. 1707.

Franks *576 : Abercrombie, Alexander, of Glasshaugh. (Another impression of the last plate.) 1707.

Sources

• Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
• History of Parliament