Campbell Claye Grant Ross
Sir Campbell Claye Grant Ross KCB | |
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| Born | May 18, 1824 Sagar, India |
| Died | June 20, 1892 (aged 68) Eastbourne, England |
| Buried | Ocklynge Cemetery |
| Allegiance | British India |
| Service/ | Army |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | Bengal Staff Corps |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
| Spouse(s) | Matilda Elderton |
| Children | 10 |
General Sir Campbell Claye Grant Ross KCB (18 May 1824 – 20 June 1892) was a Scottish officer in the British Indian Army. He fought in the Jowaki Expedition.[1][2]
Ross was born in Sagar, India,[3] the second son of Lt Col Hugh Ross and Eliza Watson. He was descended from the chiefs of Clan Ross.[4]
He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1877 Birthday Honours, at which time he was in the Bengal Staff Corps, and later rose to Knight Commander of that order in 1880.[4]
In 1856, he married Matilda Elderton, daughter of Edward Merrick Elderton. They had 10 children, the eldest of whom was the physician Sir Ronald Ross, winner of the Nobel Prize for medicine. Sir Ronald's grandson David Campbell Ross (born 1934) was named Chief of Clan Ross in 1999.[4]
He died in Eastbourne, aged 68, and was buried at Ocklynge Cemetery.[2]
References[]
- ^ Dictionary of Indian Biography
- ^ a b "Obituary". The Times. 24 June 1892. p. 10.
- ^ 1891 England Census
- ^ a b c Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 3403. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- 1824 births
- 1892 deaths
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- British Indian Army officers
- Clan Ross