Guillermo Ross
{{Short description|Scottish army officer}}
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| birth_name = William Ross Munro
| birth_date = 1695
| birth_place = Little Tarrell, Kingdom of Scotland
| death_date = 1757
| death_place = Chuquisaca, Viceroyalty of Peru
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| spouse = María Antonia del Pozo Silva
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| children = María Cristina Ross
María Aurelia Ross
Jorge Miguel Ross
Juan Guillermo Ross
Cayetana Beatriz Ross
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| serviceyears = c. 1715–1750s
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Guillermo Ross (1695 – 1757) was a Scottish army officer belonging to the Clan Ross and Munro by maternal line.{{Citation |title=La literatura argentina|year=1925|publisher=Ricardo Rojas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MExfAAAAMAAJ&q=Ross+}} He had a great military and political activity in the Río de la Plata, occupying the positions of sergeant major and governor of Buenos Aires.{{Citation |title=Crónicas y linajes de la gobernación del Plata|year=1927|publisher=Luis Enrique Azarola Gil|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YopoAAAAMAAJ&q=guillermo+ross}}
Biography
He was son of Alexander Ross and Margaret Munro Forrester, belonging to a noble Scottish family.{{Citation |title=Revista de estudios históricos, Issues 27-2|year=1982|publisher=República de Chile|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hMhlAAAAMAAJ&q=Guillermo+Ross+buenos+aires}} He arrived at the Port of Buenos Aires as a member of the Company of the Real Asiento de Inglaterra.{{Citation |title=Borbónico) y políticas anti-jesuíticas|publisher=Eduardo Saguier|url=http://www.er-saguier.org/obras/gta/Tomo-II/Seccion-A/Cap-1/0-POL-04.pdf}} He held honorary positions in the city, being appointed as Sargento Mayor de la Plaza and served on an interim basis the governorship of Buenos Aires.{{Citation |title=Diccionario biográfico colonial argentino|year=1945|publisher=Institución Mitre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NAxlAAAAMAAJ&q=Guillermo+Ross+gobernacion+del+rio+de+la+plata}} He owned a large number of properties in the Río de la Plata territories and in his native country. His legal affairs were entrusted to Domingo de Basavilbaso and Francisco de Vieyra,{{Citation |title=Protocolos : Registro No. 3, 1716-1800|publisher=Archivo General de la Nación Argentina|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSDX-D4N6-F?cat=1056756}} in charge of his business in Buenos Aires, and Robert Munro, a relative in charge of his farm in Little Tarrel, Scottish Highlands.{{Citation |title=Boletín mensual del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, Número 103;Números 111-112;Números 116-138|publisher=Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yspPAQAAIAAJ&q=guillermo+ross+tarrel}}
His condition of Protestant brought him many problems to establish himself in Buenos Aires colonial.{{Citation |title=Presencia del protestantismo en el Rio de la Plata durante el siglo XIX|year=1969|publisher=Daniel P. Monti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mq0-AAAAIAAJ&q=Guillermo+Ross+rio+de+la+plata}} In 1740, he obtained permission of the authorities to marry with María Antonia Jacinta del Pozo Silva,{{Citation |title=Entre la genealogía y la historia|year=1989|publisher=Ediciones del Círculo, 1989|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wATjAAAAMAAJ&q=guillermo+ross+maria+antonia+pozo+silva+buenos+aires}} daughter of Francisco Alonso del Pozo Silva and Antonia de Toledo y Ojeda, belonging to a distinguished family of the city.{{Citation |title=Estudios genealógicos, heráldicos y nobilarios en honor de Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent|year= 1978|publisher= Instituto Luis de Salazar y Castro|isbn= 9788400037796|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xypddg8RrUAC&q=Francisco+Alonso+del+Pozo+Silva+Antonia+de+Toledo+Ojeda&pg=PA384}} His daughters, María Cristina Ross and Maria Aurelia Ross, were married to Gregorio Ramos Mexía and Francisco Antonio Basavilbaso, two distinguished Spanish government officials.{{Citation |title=Hernandarias: el hijo de la tierra|year=1948|publisher=Raúl A. Molina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5BQAQAAIAAJ&q=basavilbaso+Mar%C3%ADa+Aurelia+Ross+buenos+aires}}
His son, Jorge Ross del Pozo Silva was baptized on 17 July 1742, being his godfather Roberto Young,{{Citation |title=Bautismos 1732–1752|publisher=Nuestra Señora de La Merced|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9396-XR35-RG?i=287&cc=1974184}} a well-known doctor of the city of Scottish origin.{{Citation |title=Historia de los médicos y boticarios en el Buenos Aires antiguo, 1536–1871|year=2002|publisher=Lilia Zenequelli|isbn=9789870200352|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qfNfAAAAMAAJ&q=roberto+young+buenos+aires}} Through his grandsons, Hilario Ramos Mexía and Ildefonso Ramos Mexía, the blood of Guillermo Ross was present during the May Revolution of 1810, events that gave origin to the establishment of the Argentine Republic.{{Citation |title=Todo es historia, Issues 236–241|year=1987 |publisher=Todo es Historia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JCBpAAAAMAAJ&q=Hilario+Ramos+Mexia+buenos+aires}}
His descendant Nicanor Costa Méndez, was Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Guerra de las Malvinas.{{Citation |title=Actas de la XI Reunión Americana de Genealogía: España y America |year=2005|publisher=Eduardo Pardo de Guevara y Váldes|isbn=9788400083366 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lyH-3P31Qs0C&pg=PA317}}
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External links
- [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSDX-D4DS-L?i=243&cat=1056756 Protocolos: Registro No. 3, 1716-1800]
- [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9396-XR35-XQ?mode=g&i=269&cc=1974184 Bautismos 1732-1752]
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Category:Military personnel from Buenos Aires
Category:Spanish colonial governors and administrators
Category:18th-century Scottish people