Clan Abercromby

{{Short description|Scottish clan}}

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| image badge = File:Clan member crest badge - Clan Abercromby.svg

| clan name = Clan Abercromby

| chiefs motto = Petit Alta ('He seeks high deeds'){{cite web |url= http://www.clanchiefs.org/p/?init=clanfinder&id=Abercromby|title=Clan Abercromby|access-date=14 April 2008|publisher=Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs |work=ClanChiefs.org}}

| chiefs crest = A falcon rising belled Proper.{{cite web |url= http://www.myclan.com/clans/Abercromby_138/default.php |title=Abercromby |access-date=1 September 2008 |work=MyClan.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070319213617/http://www.myclan.com/clans/Abercromby_138/default.php |archive-date=19 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}

| branches = Abercromby of Birkenbog (historic chiefs)

(see Abercromby baronets)

| titles = Baron Abercromby

| district = Banffshire, Clackmannanshire, Fife

}}

Clan Abercromby, also known as Clan Abercrombie, is a Scottish clan with lands in the Scottish Highlands and Lowlands. The clan was first attested to in 1296 with William de Abercromby, who was given charter of Abercrombie, Fife.{{Cite web |title=Clan Abercrombie History |url=https://www.scotclans.com/blogs/clans-a/clan-abercrombie-history |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=ScotClans |language=en}}

Lt.-Gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby was a notable commander during the French Revolutionary Wars who greatly reformed the British Army. His widow was created Baroness Abercromby in 1801.

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|Clan Abercromby/Abercrombie

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