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James Ross (other)
James Ross may refer to: Politicians Australia *James Ross (Australian lawyer) (1788–1865) *James Ross (Australian politician) (1895–1975), New South Wales politician Canada * James Ross (MLA) (1814–1874), member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec *James Ross (Ontario politician) (1817–1895) * James Gibb Ross (1819–1888), Canadian merchant and politician from the province of Quebec *James Ross (Alberta politician) (1851–1936) *James Alway Ross (1869–1945), politician and poet in Ontario, Canada * James Walker Ross (1885–1941) *J. Arthur Ross (1893–1958), Manitoba politician * James W. Ross (born 1938), Canadian senator United States *James Ross (Pennsylvania politician) (1762–1847), lawyer and senator from Pennsylvania, 1794–1803 * James E. Ross (1921–1993), Pennsylvania state senator * Jim Ross (politician), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives Sportsmen * Jim Ross (Australian footballer) (1927–2015), Australian rules football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ross (Australian Lawyer)
James Hunter Ross (10 February 1788 – 18 September 1865) was a lawyer and politician in colonial Victoria, Australia. Ross was born at Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland, the son of Major John Ross and Jean Buchan. Ross practised as a lawyer at the Supreme Court in Scotland. He arrived in the Port Phillip District in August 1841. In 1841, Ross founded the law firm Blake & Riggall, the forerunner of Ashurst Australia. On 31 October 1851 Griffith was nominated, being sworn-in the following month, to the Victorian Legislative Council, a position he held until resigning July 1852. He was replaced in the council by Thomas Turner à Beckett Thomas Turner à Beckett (13 September 1808 – 1 July 1892) was a lawyer and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Early life à Beckett was born in London, England, son of William à Becket .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, James Hunter 1788 births 1865 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Ross
James William Ross (born January 3, 1952) is an American professional wrestling commentator currently signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a commentator, analyst, and senior advisor. Ross is best known for a long and distinguished career as a play-by-play commentator for the WWE. He is known affectionately as JR or Good Ol' JR. Ross has been labeled as one of the greatest wrestling commentators of all time. After years of working various jobs in the professional wrestling industry, Ross became the primary play-by-play announcer for Mid-South Wrestling in the early 1980s. He went on to do commentary for the National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling, before jumping to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), making his first appearance for the promotion at WrestleMania IX in 1993. During his tenure with WWE, Ross was widely regarded as the voice of the company, particularly during the Attitude Era of the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was also the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ross (mayor)
James Ross was an American politician. He was the 29th mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lancaster, ( ; pdc, Lengeschder) is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest inland cities in the United States. With a population at the 2020 census of 58,039, it ranks 11th in population amon ..., from 1934 to 1938. References Mayors of Lancaster, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ness MacBean Ross
Temporary Surgeon James Ness MacBean Ross, (15 November 1889 – 3 April 1964) was a British medical doctor who was deployed with the Royal Naval Division during the First World War. He was awarded his first Military Cross in 1917 and a Bar in 1918, he was also awarded the Croix de Guerre with palms and was mentioned in dispatches three times. Early life and education James Ness MacBean Ross was born in London on 15 November 1889 to Elizabeth Ness, of Tain, Ross-shire, and her husband, Donald Alexander MacBean Ross, manager of the London branch of the Commercial Bank of Scotland.Biographical Note. Dr James Ness MacBean Ross. Tain & District Museum. Accessed 10 June 2018 His father died at an early age and the family returned to Tain in Ross-shire. Ross was educated at Tain Royal Academy and Fettes College before entering the University of Edinburgh Medical School in 1907. He graduated with an MB ChB in 1911. After graduation he undertook hospital appointments in Edinburgh Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir James Ross, 1st Baronet
Sir James Paterson Ross, 1st Baronet, (26 May 1895 – 5 July 1980) was a British general surgeon, who was surgeon to King George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of Ind ... and, from 1952, Surgeon to the Queen. Ross' son, Sir (James) Keith Ross, 2nd Baronet (1927–2003), was also a surgeon. References 1895 births 1980 deaths British surgeons Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 20th-century surgeons {{UK-med-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle John Ross, and four led by William Edward Parry, and, in particular, for his own Antarctic expedition from 1839 to 1843. Biography Early life Ross was born in London, the son of George Ross and nephew of John Ross, under whom he entered the Royal Navy on 5 April 1812. Ross was an active participant in the Napoleonic Wars, being present at an action where HMS ''Briseis'', commanded by his uncle, captured ''Le Petit Poucet'' (a French privateer) on 9 October 1812. Ross then served successively with his uncle on HMS ''Actaeon'' and HMS ''Driver''. Arctic exploration Ross participated in John's unsuccessful first Arctic voyage in search of a Northwest Passage in 1818 aboard ''Isabella''. Between 1819 and 1827 Ross took part in four Arctic expeditions under William Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ross (surgeon)
James Alexander Ross MBE, FRCSEd (25 June 1911 – 12 April 1997) was a Scottish surgeon awarded the MBE for his service in the Second World War. He was a leading member of the surgical team which, in 1960, carried out the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom. He served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Early life James Alexander Ross was born in Edinburgh in 1911 and spent his early childhood in Brazil where his father was a banker. He returned to Scotland aged nine and was educated at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh of which he later became a governor. He entered the medical faculty of the University of Edinburgh in 1928 where he showed an early enthusiasm for anatomy which was to persist throughout his life. He graduated MB ChB in 1934 but before then he had decided to become a surgeon and after holding junior posts in Edinburgh and London, passed the examinations to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ross (conductor)
James Ross is a British conductor and author. Career Ross studied at Harrow School, and later at Christ Church, Oxford from where he received an MA in Modern History (1993), an MSt in Music (1994), and a DPhil in French opera (1998) awarded the Donald Tovey Prize. He studied with conductors including Sir Charles Mackerras, Ernst Schelle, Victor Feldbrill and Alan Hazeldine, and was a finalist in the 1998 BBC Philharmonic Conducting Competition."James Ross" , Sidcup Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 19 July 2011 
Since graduating he has conducted over 1,000 works in nineteen countries throughou ...
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James Ross, 7th Lord Ross
James Ross, 7th Lord Ross of Halkhead (died March 1636) was a Scottish nobleman. Origins Ross was the eldest son and heir of James Ross, 6th Lord Ross, who died on 17 December 1633, by Margaret, daughter of Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch. The Rosses of Halkhead, or Hawkhead, in Renfrewshire, were a Lowland family, not apparently related to the Earls of Ross or the Highland family of Ross of Balnagown. Sir James Balfour Paul, ''The Scots Peerage'', Volume VII Estates Ross was served heir of his father in the lordship and barony of Melville and in Broomlands and other lands on 18 September 1634. He had charters of Halkhead, Craig and Balgone on 25 January 1636, and also of Easter Stanley in Renfrewshire. Death Ross died unmarried in March 1636 at Jaffa and was succeeded by his brother, William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ross, 6th Lord Ross
James Ross, 6th Lord Ross of Halkhead (died 17 December 1633) was a Scottish nobleman. Origins Ross was the eldest son and heir of Robert Ross, 5th Lord Ross, who died in October 1595, by Jean, daughter of Gavin Hamilton of Raploch. The Rosses of Halkhead, or Hawkhead, in Renfrewshire, were a Lowland family, not apparently related to the Earls of Ross or the Highland family of Ross of Balnagown. Sir James Balfour Paul, ''The Scots Peerage'', Volume VII Estates Ross was retoured as his grandfather's heir on 13 February 1600 and as his father's heir on 13 September 1615 in Tartrevan, Watterstoun, Morningsydis and Prestoun. He had charters of Easter Stanley, Renfrewshire, on 16 July 1631, Corsbar and Inglistoun on 3 November 1632, and of Craig and Balone on 16 January 1632 or 1633. Career Ross attended Parliament on 22 June 1617 and voted against the ratification of the Five Articles of Perth on 4 August 1621. He was present at the Conventions of 27 October 1625 and 28 July 1630 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ross, 4th Lord Ross
James Ross, 4th Lord Ross of Halkhead (died 2 April 1581) was a Scottish nobleman and an adherent to the cause of Mary, Queen of Scots. Origins Ross was the second, but oldest surviving son of Ninian Ross, 3rd Lord Ross, who died in February 1555/6. The Rosses of Halkhead, or Hawkhead, in Renfrewshire, were a Lowland family, not apparently related to the Earls of Ross or the Highland family of Ross of Balnagown. Sir James Balfour Paul, ''The Scots Peerage'', Volume VII Career Having promised on 5 September 1565 to faithfully serve Queen Mary and Lord Darnley against the rebellious lords, Lord Ross was ordered on 10 October 1565 to accompany the vanguard of the Queen's army in pursuit of the rebels. Mary and Rizzio were frequent visitors to Ross's estate at Melville, though there were later suggestions by Lord Ruthven that Rizzio and Ross fell out when Ross refused to give Rizzio the lordship of Melville. On 19 April 1567, Ross was among the Lords signing the Ainslie Tavern B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinclair Ross
James Sinclair Ross, CM (January 22, 1908 – February 29, 1996) was a Canadian banker and author, who wrote novels and short fiction about life on the Canadian Prairies. He is best known for his first novel, '' As For Me and My House''. Life and career Ross was born on a homestead near Shellbrook, Saskatchewan. When he was seven, his parents separated, and he lived with his mother on a number of different farms during his childhood, going to school in Indian Head, Saskatchewan. He left school after Grade 11 and in 1924 he joined the Union Bank of Canada, which became part of the Royal Bank of Canada a year later. At first he worked in a number of small towns in Saskatchewan, then moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1933 where he wrote and published his most famous novel ''As For Me and My House''. In 1946 he moved to Montreal, Quebec after spending four years in the Canadian Army during World War II. He remained with the Royal Bank until his retirement in 1968, after which he spent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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