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James Abercrombie (British Army officer, born 1706)

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General James Abercrombie or Abercromby (1706 – 23 April 1781) was a British Army general and commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the French and Indian War, best known for the disastrous British losses in the 1758 Battle of Carillon. [1]

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Allan Ramsay (artist)

Allan Ramsay (13 October 171310 August 1784) was a prominent Scottish portrait-painter.

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Banffshire

Banffshire (Coontie o Banffshire; Siorrachd Bhanbh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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Banffshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Banffshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800, and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1983.

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Battle of Carillon

The Battle of Carillon, also known as the 1758 Battle of Ticonderoga,Chartrand (2000), p. 57 was fought on July 8, 1758, during the French and Indian War (which was part of the global Seven Years' War).

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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Commander-in-Chief, North America

The office of Commander-in-Chief, North America was a military position of the British Army.

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Fort Carillon

Fort Carillon, the precursor of Fort Ticonderoga, was constructed by Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, Governor of Canada, to protect Lake Champlain from a British invasion.

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Fortress of Louisbourg

The Fortress of Louisbourg (Forteresse de Louisbourg) is a National Historic Site of Canada and the location of a one-quarter partial reconstruction of an 18th-century French fortress at Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

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French and Indian War

The French and Indian War (1754–63) comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63.

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the army, and in some nations' air forces or marines.

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George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe

George Augustus Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe (c. 1725 – 6 July 1758) was a career officer and a Brigadier General in the British Army.

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James Abercrombie (British Army officer, born 1732)

Colonel James Abercrombie (1732 – 23 June 1775) was a British army officer who died during the American Revolutionary War.

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James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife

James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife (29 September 1729 – 1809) was a Scottish earl, baron and Member of Parliament.

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Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, (29 January 1717 – 3 August 1797) served as an officer in the British Army and as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.

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John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun

General John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (5 May 1705 – 27 April 1782) was a Scottish nobleman and army officer.

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King's Own Scottish Borderers

The King's Own Scottish Borderers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division.

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Lake George (New York)

Lake George, nicknamed the Queen of American Lakes, is a long, narrow oligotrophic lake located at the southeast base of the Adirondack Mountains, in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of New York.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Montreal

Montreal (officially Montréal) is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War was a global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763.

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Stirling

Stirling (Stirlin; Sruighlea) is a city in central Scotland.

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Stirlingshire

Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling (Coontie o Stirlin, Siorrachd Sruighlea) is a historic county and registration countyRegisters of Scotland.

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The History of Parliament

The History of Parliament is a project to write a complete history of the United Kingdom Parliament and its predecessors, the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of England.

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War of the Austrian Succession

The War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) involved most of the powers of Europe over the question of Maria Theresa's succession to the Habsburg Monarchy.

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William Duff, 1st Earl Fife

William Duff, 1st Earl Fife (1696 – 30 September 1763) was a Scottish nobleman.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Abercrombie_(British_Army_officer,_born_1706)

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