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Données personnelles David Ross 13th & last Laird of Balnagowan 

• Il est né en l'an 1626.
• Il est décédé en l'an 1711, il avait 85 ans.
• Un enfant de David Ross et Marie Fraser
• Cette information a été mise à jour pour la dernière fois le 4 décembre 2022.

Famille de David Ross 13th & last Laird of Balnagowan

Il est marié avec Anne Stewart.

Ils se sont mariés

Notes par David Ross 13th & last Laird of Balnagowan

http://thebookofross.com/chiefs.php

David Ross, thirteenth Chief of Clan Ross.   His father having plunged the estates deeply in debt with the equipping and outfitting of his regiment to battle Cromwell, David assumed the chieftainship under conditions of virtual destitution.   Since he was only nine years of age at the time his father died, David Ross of Pitcalnie was appointed his legal guardian and acted in his stead as Clan Chief and Laird of Balnagowan.

Later, through additional "wadsetting" (mortgaging), this David built a new wing to the Balnagowan Castle and accomplished extensive renovations throughout the Ross stronghold.   His clansmen considered him a wise and just Laird and rallied to his support on all occasions; but he was at the same time reported to be a weak man who was entirely under the control of his strong -minded wife, Lady Anne Stewart, daughter of the Earl of Moray.   Chief David died in 1711, unfortunately having no children to succeed him.

A Series of "Stranger" Clan Chiefs.   When David died in 1711, after nearly four hundred years of Balnagowan Ross chieftainship, this ancient O'Beolain race came to an end in the male line.   The rightful heir was Malcolm Ross, Fifth of Pitcalnie--a branch established by Nicholas, son of he ninth Clan Chief, Alexander.   Malcolm made an attempt to recover the estates, but was totally unsuccessful.   Malcolm, nevertheless, was an active leader, and in the Jacobite Rising in 1715, he mobilized five hundred Rosses and marched at their head to Alness, where he joined the Munros and the men of Sutherland.   The Rosses suffered heavily for this display of pro-Hanovarian support when Seaforth ravaged their lands.

Actual ownership of the Balnagowan estates passed to Mr. Francis Stewart, son of Alexander, Earl of Moray.  ; This stranger (brother of the widow of David, twelfth Chief) similarly purchased the title and arms of Chief of Clan Ross.   Due, however, to the extreme indebtedness of the estates, he was forced to sell them to Lord William Ross, Twelfth of Hawkhead, who also was a stranger to the Balnagowan line.

Lieutenant General Charles Ross purchased the lands and titles in 1713.   Having no family of his own, this "Chief" left the estates to the children of his sister, Honorable Grizel Ross, wife of Sir James Lockhart of Carstairs.   Accordingly, Sir William Lockhart and Sir James Lockhart became Lairds of the properties and chiefs of the Clan.   They adopted the name Ross in addition to their own and were known as the Lockhart-Rosses of Balnagowan.   Descendants of this family retained possession of Balnagowan until 1903.

The Modern Clan Chiefs.   In 1903 the original O'Beolain line of succession was re-established, although in the female line.   In the form of Miss Ethel Frances Sarah Williamson Ross, who served as Clan Chief until 1957.

Upon the death of Chief Ethel, she was succeeded by Miss Rosa R. Williamson Ross, who functioned quite admirably as Chief until 1968.

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