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William Ross, 14th Lord Ross of Halkhead (c.1720-19 August 1754), was a Scottish nobleman.

Ross was the eldest son and heir of George Ross, 13th Lord Ross, who died on 17 June 1754, by Elizabeth, third daughter of William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian. The Rosses of Halkhead, or Hawkhead, in Renfrewshire, were a Lowland family, not apparently related to the Earls of Ross or the Highland family of Ross of Balnagown.

Career
Ross was an officer in the Hanoverian army commanded by John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun in Inverness in 1745 and was subsequently a Commissioner of Customs.

Death and posterity
Ross survived his father by only two months, dying at Mount Teviot, the seat of his uncle, the Marquess of Lothian, on 19 August 1754. He was unmarried and the title of Lord Ross fell extinct at his death. His estate of Balnagown was inherited by his cousin Sir James Ross Lockhart, while his more ancient ancestral estates at Halkhead, together with his other property, devolved upon his sisters, eventually passing into the family of the Earls of Glasgow.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ross,_14th_Lord_Ross

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William ROSS

William KERR
1661-1722
Jean CAMPBELL
± 1666-????
George ROSS
1681-1754
Elizabeth KERR
± 1696-1758

William ROSS
± 1720-1754


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Day of death August 19, 1754

  • The temperature on August 19, 1754 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1754: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
    • May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
    • July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.


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