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Ralph Abercromby
Sir Ralph Abercromby was a Scottish general of the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1797 he led the British expedition that captured Trinidad from Spain, beginning British rule there. He was mortally wounded in 1801 at the Battle of Alexandria, where his army defeated the French forces left in Egypt.
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