Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby

[2] Alexander studied law at the University of Edinburgh, where he seems to have been chiefly distinguished for his handsome person and engaging disposition.

[1] However, personal residence was not required within the county served, and he continued the practice of his profession at the bar in Edinburgh.

In 1780 he resigned his sheriffship and was appointed one of the advocates-depute by Henry Dundas, then Lord Advocate of Scotland, and acquired a good practice.

He also helped Henry Mackenzie, the author of the Man of Feeling, to start the Mirror, published at Edinburgh in 1779, and contributed to the Lounger in 1785 and 1786.

[4] Lord Abercromby's known contributions to literature consist of ten magazine articles in the Mirror and nine in the Lounger.