Clan Ross

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Clan Ross coat of arms Motto : Spem Successus Alit ("Success nourishes hope") portrait region Highlands district Ross-shire Plant badge Juniper or Bearberry Piece of music for bagpipes The Earl of Ross's March Gaelic names Clann Ros (Rois)

Chief David Ross of Ross and Shandwick Chief of Clan Ross Historic seat Balnagown Castle

Clans of Clan Ross Anderson , Andison, Andrew / s, Corbett, Crow / e, Croy, Deas, Denoon, Denune, Dingwall, Duthie, Fair, Fear / n, Gair, Gear, Gillanders , Hagart, Haggart, MacAndrew / s, MacCullie, MacCulloch , MacLulich, MacLulloch, MacNab, MacTaggart, McTaggart, MacTear, MacTier, MacTire, MacTyre, Mitchell, Taggart, Tarrel, Tullo, Tulloch, Tire, Vass, Wass, Waters, McEntgelt (Ireland), McEnteggart (Ireland), McEntaggert (Ireland)

Clan branches Ross of Balnagowan (chiefs) Ross of Halkhead

Affiliated clans Clan Munro Clan Gillander's Clan MacKay (18th century)

Rival clans Clan MacKenzie Clan MacKay (15th century)

Ross is the name of a Scottish clan in Ross-shire .

history

Clan Ross was first mentioned as such in 1160 by King Malcolm IV of Scotland. The first chief was the O'Beolain (Ó Beólláin, Boland, Bolan) family belonging Ferchar, 1st Earl of Ross , also known as Fearchar Mac-an-t-sagairt ("son of the priest"). Ferchar was believed to have come from southern Ross-shire and was made Earl of Ross in the 1220s . His descendants named themselves after the earldom, which remained in the possession of his direct descendants until the end of the 14th century. The dignity of head of the clan then fell to the descendants of a younger son of Hugh Ross, 4th Earl of Ross , who were lords of Balnagown Castle .

Chief

The current chief of the clan is David Campbell Ross of Ross and Shandwick (* 1934), who was recognized by the Lord Lyon King of Arms on December 21, 1999 .

Castles

The former seat of the Ross family was Balnagown Castle , also known as Balnagowan . designated.

Other castles held by the clan were Arnage Castle , Balconie Castle , Portencross Castle, and Sanquhar Castle .

Nobility title

Members of the clan lead or carried the following nobility titles:

• Mormaer / Earl of Ross (Peerage of Scotland, around 1215)
• Lord Ross (Peerage of Scotland, 1499)
• Baron Ross of Marnock (Life Peerage, Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1979)
• Baron Ross of Newport (Life Peerage, Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1987)
• Lockhart-Ross Baronet , of Carstairs in the County of Lanark (Baronetage of Nova Scotia, 1672)
• Ross Baronet, of Dunmoyle in the County of Tyrone (Baronetage of the United Kingdom, 1919)
• Ross Baronet, of Whetstone in the County of Middlesex (Baronetage of the United Kingdom, 1960)

literature

• Donald MacKinnion: The Clan Ross , Johnston & Bacon, 1957, ISBN 0717945375 .
• John Robert Ross, Charles Campbell Ross, AC Gordon Ross: The Great Clan Ross. J. Deyell, 1972.

Web links

• Clan Ross of the United States
• Clan Ross Association of Canada

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} MacKinnion, The Clan Ross
2. ^ RW Munro, Jean Munro: Ross family (per. C. 1215 – c. 1415). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
3. ↑ David Campbell Ross of Ross and Shandwick on thepeerage.com
4. ↑ Charles Mosley (Ed.): Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage . Volume 3. Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, Wilmington 2003, p. 3403.
5. ↑ Web presence of Balnagown Castle ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .