Walter John Macdonald Ross

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Walter John Macdonald Ross , CB OBE MC TD (1914–1982) [1] [2] [3] was a British Army officer who served as Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright from 1977 to 1982. [4]

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Personal life

Ross was son of Major Robert Ross (1877–1935), deputy assistant provost marshal for the West Scotland area [5] [6] and owner of the Ledgowan estate [7] [8] at Achnasheen, Ross-shire. [9] He was educated at Loretto School, where he was a Cadet Under-Officer in the Officers' Training Corps. [10]

Ross married Josephine May Cross, and had two sons and a daughter; the elder, Lt-Col Malcolm Ross (1943–2019), was a member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom and, from 2006, of the household of Charles, Prince of Wales, and the younger, Robert Ross, was Keeper of the Records of the Duchy of Cornwall until retiring in 2013. [11] The family lived at Netherhall, Balmaghie, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire (now in the Dumfries and Galloway) administrative area. [12]

Military career and honours

Ross was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 80th (Lowland) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery of the Territorial Army in 1935. [13] He reached the rank of Territorial Army staff Colonel, formerly of the 5th King's Own Scottish Borderers; he held the Territorial Decoration, was awarded the Military Cross in 1946 whilst a Major in the Royal Artillery, [14] and was appointed OBE in the 1955 New Year Honours, [15] and CB in the 1958 Birthday Honours. [16]

From 1977 to 1982, Ross served as Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright; he was also a Justice of the peace. [17] [18]

Notes

  1. ↑ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, Kelly's Directories, 1973, p. 2954
  2. ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th ed., 2003, vol. 3, p. 3401
  3. ↑ National Archives
  4. ↑ Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (Scotland) 1794-" . Retrieved 6 December 2008.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ Per the West of Scotland Wikipedia redirect page: "Informally, an area comprising Argyll, Ayrshire, Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire, and Renfrewshire"
  6. ↑ The Loretto Register, 1825 to 1948, T. & A. Constable, 1949, p. 99
  7. ↑ The Deer and Deer Forests of Scotland, Alexander Inkson McConnochie, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1923, p. 55
  8. ↑ The Book of the Red Deer, John Ross, 2017
  9. ↑ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, Kelly's Directories, 1973, p. 2954
  10. ↑ "Page 7955 | Issue 34230, 10 December 1935 | London Gazette | The Gazette". Archived from the original on 30 October 2019.
  11. ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th ed., 2003, vol. 3, p. 3401
  12. ↑ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2011, Debrett's Ltd, p. 49
  13. ↑ "Page 7955 | Issue 34230, 10 December 1935 | London Gazette | The Gazette". Archived from the original on 30 October 2019.
  14. ↑ "Page 636 | Supplement 37442, 22 January 1946 | London Gazette | the Gazette" (PDF).
  15. ↑ "Recommendation for Award for Ross, Walter John MacDonald Rank: Lieutenant".
  16. ↑ "Recommendation for Award for Ross, Walter John Macdonald Rank: Colonel".
  17. ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th ed., 2003, vol. 3, p. 3401
  18. ↑ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2011, Debrett's Ltd, p. 49
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright
1977–1982		Succeeded by

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