Campbell Claye Grant Ross
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]
Sir Campbell Claye Grant Ross | |
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| Born | May 18, 1824 Saugor, British India |
| Died | June 20, 1892 (aged 68) Eastbourne |
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| Allegiance | British |
| Service/ | Army |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | Bengal Staff Corps |
| Battles/wars | Jowaki Expedition |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
| Spouse(s) | Matilda Elderton |
| Children | 10, including Ronald Ross and Charles Ross |
Ross was born in Saugor, British 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
- "Obituary". The Times. 24 June 1892. p. 10.
- 1891 England Census
- Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 3403. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.