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68.207.92.235 00:19, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Ross (surname)
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In the Celtic tongue, a ros was a promontory of land. The Norman Family "de Ros" were established in Ayrshire, on Scotland's west coast in the 12th Century. At this time it is believed that the first Earl of Ross allied himself and the clan to the great Irish royal house of Tara.
The clan is also otherwise known, as Clan Anrais, from a 13th century chief - MacGilleAndreas, meaning son of a devotee of St Andrew.
There are many Rosses in the Moray-Aberdeen area of Scotland, while some in Ross-shire itself are actually descendants of Clan Rose, which is also pronounced Ross.
The Rosses were prominent in the affairs of Scotland in medieval times: they fought with distinction at Largs against the Norse and at Bannockburn against the English. Indeed the seal of the Earl of Ross is one of those Scottish nobleman affixed to the declaration of Arbroath.
The last Chief to hold the Earldom died in 1372 and it passed, via the MacDonalds of the Isles, to the Crown in 1476. In the Civil War the Ross clan was aligned with the royalist cause against Oliver Cromwell. However, with the imprisonment of the Chief in the Tower of London and the ultimate victory of the Parliamentarians many of the clan were transported to New England.
In the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745 the clan had little involvement although Malcolm of Pitcalnie did side with the Old Pretender.
The chef of the clan was restored at the start of the 20th century, when Miss Ross of Pitcalnie reintroduced the arms.
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64.12.117.12 00:28, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
20px Declined. This article already exists in Wikipedia. Well, not exactly, but a better and more complete article is available at Clan Ross. Yngvarr 14:07, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
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