Background
He was the only son of Sir John Ross, 1st Baronet, the last judge to hold the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and Katherine Mary Jeffcock. He succeeded to the title on his father"s death in 1935.
He was the only son of Sir John Ross, 1st Baronet, the last judge to hold the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and Katherine Mary Jeffcock. He succeeded to the title on his father"s death in 1935.
Ross was commissioned into the North Irish Horse on 21 June 1907 as a Second Lieutenant, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 23 April 1912. He served in the First World War with the North Irish Horse. He was promoted to Captain on 12 December 1914, and later to Major.
He was awarded the Military Cross.
He resigned his commission in 1938, but rejoined his regiment in 1939 and served in the Second World War, reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He transferred to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1947 and retired in 1950.
Ross was elected unopposed to the British Parliament in 1929 in a byelection for the Londonderry constituency, a seat once held by his father. He was re-elected unopposed for the same constituency in 1931 and 1935.
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