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Petit Alta (He seeks high deeds)
Clan Abercrombie (Abercromby) takes its name from the lands of Abercrombie in Fife. A baronetcy of Birkenbog was created on 20 February 1636 for Sir Alexander Abercromby, and Birkenbog, in Fordyce parish, Aberdeenshire, is a category A listed building today, although the old family seat there was destroyed by fire in 1790. COSCA lists no chief or commander for the name and none appears on the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs' members list; the family's best-known member, General Sir Ralph Abercromby, was born at Menstrie Castle in October 1734 and died in 1801 of a wound received commanding British forces in Egypt.
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The motto of Clan Abercrombie is Petit Alta (He seeks high deeds). It appears on the Clan Abercrombie crest badge: the chief’s heraldic crest set inside a strap and buckle that carries the motto.
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View all Abercrombie productsThe baronetcy of Birkenbog is created for Sir Alexander Abercromby[6]
Ralph Abercromby, future general, is born at Menstrie Castle, Clackmannanshire[4]
Fire destroys the old family seat at Birkenbog; a surviving range becomes the house[5]
Sir Ralph Abercromby dies of a wound received commanding British forces in Egypt[4]
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No. COSCA lists no clan chief or commander for the name, and Abercromby does not appear on the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs' members list.
Petit Alta, Latin for 'He seeks high deeds'.
The name comes from the lands of Abercrombie in Fife; the family later held Birkenbog, in Fordyce parish, Aberdeenshire, where a baronetcy was created in 1636.
General Sir Ralph Abercromby, born at Menstrie Castle in October 1734. He inherited Tullibody in Clackmannanshire in 1800 and died in 1801 of a wound received while commanding British forces in Egypt.
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