ROSS, DAVID [SSNE 526]

Surname

ROSS, ROSS OF INVERCARRON

First name

DAVID

Title/rank

OFFICER

Nationality

SCOT

Region

INVERCARRON, EASTER ROSS

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

David Ross was the son of Alexander Ross of Invercharron (Easter Ross). David was an officer in the Danish-Norwegian army in Colonel Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93] regiment in 1627. Confer [SSNE 525]. Sir Robert Gordon reported that David was made lieutenant in John Monro of Obsdale’s [SSNE 178] regiment.

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.132; J. Mackay, 'Mackay's Regiment' in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, VIII, 1879, p. 189; R. Mackay, History of the House and Clan of Mackay(Edinburgh, 1829), p. 221; A. M. Ross, History of the Clan Ross with Genealogies of the Various Families (Dingwall, 1932), pp. 64-5; F. N. Reid, The Earls of Ross and Their Descendants (Edinburgh, 1894), p. 19; R. Gordon, A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland (Edinburgh, 1813), pp. 402, 450.

Record updated by Dr Thomas Brochard

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1627-01-01, as OFFICER

Departed 1627-12-31, as OFFICER

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY