Charles Campbell Ross
{{Short description|British politician and banker}}
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| name = Charles Campbell Ross
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| birth_date = 1849
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| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1920|7|9|1849| | }}
| nationality = British
| occupation = Politician
Banker
| spouse = Isabella Emily Holland
| children = Archibald Campbell Carne Ross
a daughter
| alma_mater = Brighton College
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| parents = Dr Archibald Campbell Colquhoun Ross and Mary Carne
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Charles Campbell Ross (born London 1849; died 9 July 1920, Whitechapel) was a British politician and banker based in Penzance, Cornwall. He was mayor of Penzance on five occasions and was also the member of parliament for the St Ives constituency (1881–1885).
Personal life
The grandson of the banker Joseph Carne through his eldest daughter Mary (who married, 9 August 1836, Dr Archibald Campbell Colquhoun Ross, of Lanarkshire). He was educated at Brighton College and his family home and estate in Penzance are now the Morrab Library and Morrab Gardens. He married, in 1870, his cousin Isabella Emily Carne, nee Holland (died 20 December 1888).{{cite news |title=Death of Mrs Charles Ross, of Carne |work=The Cornishman |issue=547 |date=27 December 1888 |page=3}} They had a daughter{{cite news |title=Burial of Mrs Charles Ross, of Carne |work=The Cornishman |issue=547 |date=27 December 1888 |page=5}} and their son Archibald Campbell Carne Ross was the father of the linguist Alan S C Ross.
Career
He was a leading member of the Penzance Borough Council in the 1880s serving as mayor five times in 1877, 1878, 1879, 1881 and 1883.P. A. S. Pool's History of the Borough and Town of Penzance, 1974 During this period he was also member of parliament for the St Ives constituency (1881–1885) as a member of the Conservative Party. The General Election of 1885 was "fiercely contested" and he was defeated by the Liberal candidate, Sir John St Aubyn.The Times, Friday, 15 May 1908; pg. 12; Issue 38647; col F "Obituary. Lord St. Levan." He also held the positions of borough magistrate, county magistrate and Hon Secretary of the West Cornwall Infirmary.{{cite book|title=Kelly's Directory of Cornwall|year=1883|url=http://west-penwith.org.uk/pz283.htm}}
Charles Ross was a major partner in the Penzance Bank (otherwise known as Batten, Carne and Carne) which had major branches in Penzance and Devonport. He inherited the position from his grandfather the well known Cornish banker and geologist Joseph Carne FRS. In 1896 the Penzance bank ceased trading,{{cite book |author1=Michael Sagar-Fenton |title=Penzance in 50 Buildings |date=2017 |publisher=Amberley Publishing |isbn=9781445665863 |pages=18–19}} and was wound up by 1897. Following the collapse of the bank Charles Ross moved to London and became a curator of a museum in the east of the city.
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External links
- {{Hansard-contribs | mr-charles-ross-1 | Charles Campbell Ross }}
- [https://archive.today/20130505143254/http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Fall-house-Carne/story-11426037-detail/story.html History of the Carne family]
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| title = Member of Parliament for St Ives
| before = Sir Charles Reed
| after = Sir John St Aubyn
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Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:Mayors of places in Cornwall
Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for St Ives
Category:People educated at Brighton College