Charles Lockhart-Ross (other)
Charles Lockhart-Ross may refer to: * Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross, 7th Baronet (c. 1763–1814) *Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross, 8th Baronet (1812–1883), of the Lockhart-Ross baronets * Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross, 9th Baronet (1872–1942) See also * Charles Lockhart (other) *Charles Ross (other) Charles Ross may refer to: Military and politics * Charles Ross (British Army officer, born 1667) (1667–1732), Scottish general and MP * Charles Ross (Ross-shire MP, born 1721) (1721–1745), Scottish soldier and MP * Charles Ross (Royal Navy o ...

Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross, 7th Baronet
Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross, 7th Baronet (''c.'' 1763 – 8 February 1814) was a Scottish landowner, politician, and officer in the British Army. Sir Charles was the oldest son of Sir John Lockhart Ross, 6th Baronet, of Balnagown by Elizabeth Baillie, the daughter of Robert Dundas of Edinburgh. He succeeded his father as 7th Baronet on 9 June 1790. He joined the army in 1780 as a cornet in the 7th Dragoons, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-General by 1805. Towards the end of his military career he was given the colonelcy of the 86th (The Leinster) Regiment of Foot in 1806, transferring in 1810 as colonel to be colonel of the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot, a post he held until his death in 1814. Lockhart-Ross was also a wealthy landowner whose mother had bequeathed him large estates in both Lanarkshire and Ross-shire, the latter giving him control of the Royal Burgh of Tain.He was elected at a by-election in June 1786 as the Member of Parliament for the Tain district ...
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Lockhart-Ross Baronets
The Lockhart, later Lockhart-Ross Baronetcy, of Carstairs in the County of Lanark, was a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. History It was created on 28 February 1672 for William Lockhart. The fourth Baronet used the surname Ross-Lockhart, which was also borne by the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth Baronets. The sixth Baronet was an admiral in the Royal Navy and sat as Member of Parliament for Lanark and Lanarkshire. The seventh Baronet was Member of Parliament for Tain Burghs, Ross-shire and Linlithgow Burghs. The ninth Baronet was an inventor and commercial entrepreneur. The title became extinct on his death in 1942. Lockhart-Ross baronets, of Carstairs *Sir William Lockhart, 1st Baronet (died 1710)George Edward Cokayne, ''The Complete Baronetage''volume IV(1904) pp. 286–288 *Sir James Lockhart, 2nd Baronet (died 1755) *Sir William Lockhart, 3rd Baronet (1715–1758) *Sir James Ross-Lockhart, 4th Baronet (1717–1760) *Sir George Lockhart, 5th Baronet (1718–177 ...
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Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross, 9th Baronet
Sir Charles Henry Augustus Frederick Lockhart Ross, 9th Baronet (4 April 1872 – 29 June 1942) was a Scottish inventor and commercial entrepreneur who invented the innovative and often controversial straight-pull actioned Ross rifle. Biography Ross was born at Balnagown Castle, the son of Sir Charles William Frederick Augustus Lockhart-Ross, 8th Baronet and his second wife, Rebecca Sophia Barnes of Tufnell Park. He inherited the Baronetcy on the death of his father in 1883 when he was aged 11. He was educated at Eton College and while he was there his mother's indulgences on him included "a magnificent ocean-going steam yacht, a large sailing yacht, the most superbly appointed and biggest steam launch for river use on the Thames, and a coach and four". When he came of age he instituted a lawsuit against his mother for having, during his minority, spent more of the revenues of his estates than she was entitled to by law or by the terms of the will. He was then at Trinity ...
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Charles Lockhart (other)
Charles Lockhart may refer to: * Charles B. Lockhart (1855–1948), politician in New Brunswick, Canada *Charles Lockhart of the Lockhart baronets * Charles Lockhart (musician) (1745–1815), English organist and composer of hymn-tunes See also *Charles Lockhart-Ross (other) Charles Lockhart-Ross may refer to: *Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross, 7th Baronet Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross, 7th Baronet (''c.'' 1763 – 8 February 1814) was a Scottish landowner, politician, and officer in the British Army. Sir Charles was the olde ...