Alexander Crombie
| Alexander Crombie | |
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| Born |
17 July 1762 Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Died |
11 June 1840 (aged 77) York Terrace, Regent's Park, London, England, UK |
| Resting place | St Marylebone Parish Church |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Presbyterian minister, schoolmaster and philosopher |
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The Rev Dr Alexander Crombie (17 July 1762 Aberdeen – 11 June 1840, York Terrace, Regent's Park, London, England[1][2]) was a Presbyterian minister, schoolmaster and philosopher.
Biography
He studied at Marischal College, Aberdeen under James Beattie, gaining a MA. About 1798, he gained a LLD. He moved in the early 19th century to the London area, where he ran a school in Highgate and then one in Greenwich, Kent.
By 1822, he was resident in the fashionable Regent's Park area of London, but he inherited a substantial property in Scotland - Thornton Castle near Phesdo.
He died in York Terrace, London on 11 June 1840 and was buried at St Marylebone Church.
Family
Crombie was married at least twice:
By his first marriage, he had a son:
- Alexander Crombie (1784-), a barrister-at-law of Lincoln's Inn [1]
He remarried, on 6 March 1798, at Cluny, Aberdeenshire, to Jane Nory (c. 1773–1859); the couple had children including:
- Lewis Crombie (1800-1880), a solicitor
- Mary Crombie (born 1802)
- Jane Crombie (1804–1846); married on 1 February 1823 at St George's, Hanover Square to Captain (later Rear-Admiral) Henry Algernon Eliot (son of Francis Perceval Eliot)
- Thomas Crombie (born 31 December 1806), a major in the 60th Regiment of Foot
- William Crombie (born 1808)
- Peter Crombie (born 2 January 1809)
Bibliography
- An Essay on Philosophical Necessity (1793)
- The Etymology and Syntax of the English Language Explained and Illustrated, 2 vols. (1802)
- Gymnasium sive, symbola critica, 2 vols (1812)
- Letters on the Present State of the Agricultural Interest Addressed to Charles Forbes, Esq. M.P. London (1816)
- A Few Cursory Observations, in Reply to the Strictures of the Reverend Mr. Gilchrist in his Rational Grammar on a Treatise on English Etymology and Syntax. (1817)
- A Letter to D. Ricardo, Esq. Containing an Analysis of his Pamphlet on the Depreciation of Bank Notes (1817)
- Letters from Dr. James Gregory...with Replies (1819)
- Clavis Gymnasii. Editioni tertiae accomodata, sive Exercitationes in symbolam criticam, partim, sicut in veteribus extant, datae, et partim a Rev. Alex. Crombie latine redditae. (1828)
- Natural Theology; or Essays on the Existence of the Deity, and of Providence, on the Immateriality of the Soul, and a Future State, 2 vols (1829)
- A Letter to Lieut. Col. Torrens, M.P. in answer to his Address to the Farmers of the United Kingdom (1832)
- The Strike, or, A Dialogue between Andrew Plowman and John Treadle. (1834)
- A Letter to Henry William Tancred, Esq, MP, on the Ballot (1837)
- A Letter to George Grote, Esq., M.P. on the Ballot (1838)
- Letters to W. E Gladstone (British Library Add 44356 ff 233, 237) (1839)
References
- 1 2 Obit in The Gentleman's Magazine - He left 3 sons, Alexander Crombie, Esquire M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge and a Barrister-at-Law of Lincoln's Inn, now resident at Phesdo House in Kincardineshire; Lewis Crombie, Esq, a Solicitor, and one of the Baillies of Aberdeen; Thomas Crombie, Esq, Major in the 60th Regiment on Foot, and one daughter, Jane, married in 1823 to Captain H.A. Eliot, R.N.", The Gentlemans Magazine
- ↑ GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1840 I 164 MARYLEBONE