Ralph Abercromby
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Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby was a British Army officer, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Trinidad in 1797. Rising to the rank of lieutenant general in th
Portrait by John Hoppner, c. 1798
1852 portrait of Abercromby by Colvin Smith
A medallion commemorating the British capture of Trinidad in 1797
A medallion commemorating Abercromby for his role in the capture of Trinidad
Irish Rebellion of 1798
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The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was the Society of United
Ralph Abercromby
…but the enemy". To quote the biographic entry in the 1888 Encyclopædia Britannica, "[H]e laboured to maintain the discipline of the army, to suppress the rising rebellion, and to protect the people from military oppression, with the care worthy of a great general and an enlightened and beneficent statesman. When he was…
The leadership of the United Irishmen
In End of the Irish Invasion–or–the Destruction of the French Armada (1797), James Gillray caricatured the failure of Hoche's expedition.
"Pikeman" statue in Wexford Town
United Irishmen charge at Oulart Hill, 27 May 1798