Nationality British Name Alexander Crombie | Education Marischal College | |
Born 17 July 1762 ( 1762-07-17 ) Aberdeen, Scotland Occupation Presbyterian minister, schoolmaster and philosopher Spouse(s) unknown
Jane Nory (m. 1798–1840) Children Alexander Crombie
Lewis Crombie
Mary Crombie
Jane Crombie
Thomas Crombie
William Crombie
Peter Crombie Died June 11, 1840, Regent's Park, London, United Kingdom Resting place St Marylebone Parish Church Books An Essay on Philosophical Necessity | ||
The Rev Dr Alexander Crombie (17 July 1762 Aberdeen – 11 June 1840, York Terrace, Regent's Park, London, England) was a Presbyterian minister, schoolmaster and philosopher.
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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
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)