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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Ross    
First Name(s)  John    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1829    
Death Year  1905    
Entry  Born March 18, 1829 : son of F. M. Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, G.C.B. : joined the Rifle Brigade, 1846 : served in the Crimea, at Alma, Inkerman and Sebastopol, 1854- 5 : in Indian mutiny, at the battle of Cawnpur and capture of Lucknow : at Kalpi, and in the Central India campaign, 1857-8 : Brevet-Lt-Col. and C.B. : N.W. Frontier, 1863-4 : Brig-General, Bengal 1874, and 1875-80 : commanded Perak expedition in the Malay Peninsula, 1875-6, and the Indian forces sent to Malta, 1878 : in the Afghan war, 1878-80, commanded 2nd Division Kabul Field Force : and in the Kabul-Kandahar march commanded the Infantry Division, and was second in command under Sir F. Roberts : K.C.B. : commanded the Poona Division of Bombay Army, 1881-6 : C. in C. Canada, 1888-93 : General and G.C.B., 1891 : Colonel Commandant of the Rifle Brigade, 1903 : died Jan. 5, 1905.     
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