Charles Ross (1799–1860), was a British politician, Member of Parliament for (1822-1826), (1826-1832) and (1832-1837).
Life
He was the son of
Alexander Ross,
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance and Isabella Barbara Evelyn Gunning, daughter of
Sir Robert Gunning, 1st Baronet.
He was put forward as a candidate for by his father when he was just 21; he came second but had to step aside under threat of contest from
John Easthope
Sir John Easthope, 1st Baronet MP (29 October 1784 – 11 December 1865) was a politician and journalist.
Easthope, born at Tewkesbury on 29 October 1784, was the eldest son of barge master Thomas Easthope by Elizabeth, daughter of John Leaver of ...
, despite the initial acquiescence of
Lord Althorp, the local grandee. He was nominated at Orford by the
3rd Marquess of Hertford for the constituency of Orford, after
Castlereagh's suicide, and became a solid Tory Member of Parliament, to 1837.
He also served as a
Civil Lord of the Admiralty from 1830 to 1832, as one of the
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury 1834-1835 and as a
Commissioner of Audit from 1849 until his death on 21 March 1860.
Ross is buried at
Kensal Green Cemetery, London.
References
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1799 births
1860 deaths
Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall
MPs for rotten boroughs
Tory MPs (pre-1834)
UK MPs 1820–1826
UK MPs 1826–1830
UK MPs 1830–1831
UK MPs 1831–1832
UK MPs 1832–1835
UK MPs 1835–1837
Lords of the Admiralty