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Ross-Clunis, Robert Chattan, son of John Ross-Clunis of Cape Town and Marguerite, d. of François du Plessis of Molteno, Cape Colony; b. 25 Mar. 1905; adm. Oct. 1919 (R); left July 1921; held various ranks in S. African police and Rhodesian armed forces; Commandant Cyprus Military Police 1934-45, seconded Brit. Police Mission Greece 1945-52; District Commis­sioner Cyprus 1952; m. 20 June 1936 Aliki Shekla, d. of Nikolas Tsepis of Larnaca, Cyprus.

ROSS, WILLIAM; b.; adm. 19 Oct 1784.

ROSS, WILLIAM, son of Samuel Ross, Stamford, Lincs., and Margaret Carter; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1715; Min. Can. 1721.

ROSS, WILLIAM HUNTER, son of Edward Dalhousie Ross, Caversham, Oxfordshire, and Euphemia Louisa, dau. of David Fell (IGI); b. 21 Sep 1807; adm. 6 Jun 1815; KS 1821; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1825, adm. pens. 3 Jun 1825, scholar 1826; BA 1829; MA 1832; ordained; Curate, All Souls, Langham Place, London; Assistant Chaplain, EICS Bengal 1843; arrived in India Dec 1843; Minister of St. James’s, Calcutta 1844; m. 16 May 1843 Frances Louisa, dau. of Henry Peterson, Wakefield, Yorks.; d. at Calcutta 7 Aug 1844.

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ROSS, PETER; b.; at school 1791 (Clapham); left Easter 1794.

ROSS, SIR PATRICK, eldest son of Major-Gen. Patrick Ross, Chief Engineer EICS Madras, later MP, and Mary Clara, dau. of John Maule, Clerk of the Cheque, Greenwich Hospital; b. 26 Jan 1778; at school under Vincent (ex rel. his son Maj. Patrick William Sydenham Ross); left 1794; Capt., 101st Foot 14 May 1794; 25th Light Dragoons 15 Mar 1798; Maj., 25 Sep 1803; Lieut. -Col., 23rd Light Dragoons 9 Apr 1807; 48th Foot 28 Jun 1810; Brevet Col., 4 Jun 1814; Lieut. -Col., 75th Foot 12 Oct 1815; Major-Gen., 19 Jul 1821; retd. Jan 1826; served in India and in the Peninsular War; Governor of Antigua 23 May 1825-32, St. Helena from 27 Jun 1846; CMG 27 Apr 1818; KCMG 9 Nov 1819; GCMG 10 May 1837; KCH 1834; m. 1st, 14 Apr 1805 Amelia, younger dau. of Col. William Sydenham, EICS Madras; m. 2nd, 27 Dec 1849 Eliza, eldest dau. of Capt. James Bennett, EICS St. Helena; d. at St. Helena 28 Aug 1850.

ROSS, HENRY JOHN; b.; adm. 1 Jul 1800 (Clapham); left Bartholomewtide 1800. [Perhaps Henry John Ross, son of William Sutherland Ross, St. Clement Danes, London, and Hannah Margaretta Owen; b. 30 Aug 1787; d. 1830 (IGI)] [note will Henry Ross, St. James, Clerkenwell, proved PCC 3 Feb 1830]

Ross, Gerard Chalmers, son of Frank Chalmers Ross, personnel man. Marks & Spencer, of Jordans, Bucks, and Amy, d. of Walter Fowkes of Manchester; b. 11 Dec. 1933; adm. Sept. 1947 (A); left July 1951; group man. Kingsway Stores (Nigeria) Ltd., Ibadan, later Bishop’s Food Stores Ltd.; asst. Bursar Harrow Sch. 1984-98; m. 16 Dec. 1961 Violet, d. of Arthur Lee of Bromley; d. 18 Feb. 2009.

Ross, Gerald, son of Ronald Ross of South Kensington; b. 20 Dec. 1907; adm. Jan. 1922 (G); left Apr. 1925; d. 1999.