George Murray Ross

He was born in Dublin in 1852, a son of William Ross and with an older brother also called William Ross.[1] He was sent to Merchiston Castle School and studied engineering in Trinity College Dublin, graduating in 1873.[1]

He joined the Board of Works after graduating and later worked at his father's business before closing it down and setting up his own independent business at 61 Dawson Street.[1]

He entered a partnership with William Kaye-Parry in 1898 or 1899.[1] The two shared an interest in domestic sanitation.[1]

He played a major part in the Dublin International Exhibition of 1907.[1]

He was president of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland from 1909 to 1911.[1] He was also vice-president of the Irish Roads Congress which was in April 1910.[1]

In early summer 1917, as part of the First World War, he went to France as senior engineer in charge of a labour battalion to construct roads and railways.[1]

He married his wife Alice Jane circa 1879 and they had two children.[1] Their son George Maybin Ross (1883-1954) obtained a Bachelor of Engineering from Trinity College Dublin in 1904 and worked briefly for Kay-Parry & Ross and had a distinguished career as an engineer in India.[1]

He died suddenly at his home, Summerfield in Dalkey, on 27 October 1927.[1]