Douglas George Ross (6 April 1897 – 1980) was a British police officer who served as
Chief Constable of
Sutherland
Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...
from 1933 to 1962.
The son of
Roderick Ross, then serving in
Canterbury City Police, he was born in
Ramsgate
Ramsgate is a seaside resort, seaside town in the district of Thanet District, Thanet in east Kent, England. It was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century. In 2001 it had a population of about 40,000. In 2011, according to t ...
,
Kent
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,
England
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. After active service with the
Royal Scots between 1915 and 1919, he joined the
Manchester City Police in 1920. He then transferred to
Edinburgh City Police, of which his father was then Chief Constable, in 1922 and rose through the ranks to
Superintendent. He was appointed Chief Constable of Sutherland on 5 May 1933. His starting salary was £400 per annum, which rose by £20 every second year until 1939. He continued as Chief Constable for 29 years, retiring on 5 April 1962, the day before his 65th birthday. He was Sutherland's last but one Chief Constable.
Ross served as Chief Constable at the same time as his father was still Chief Constable of Edinburgh (1900–1935) and his older brother
Donald (died 1981)
was Chief Constable of
Argyllshire
Argyll (; archaically Argyle, in modern Gaelic, ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland.
Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of ...
(1927–1961). Douglas Ross died in 1980 in Haddington.
References
External links
Sutherland Police History
1897 births
1980 deaths
British Army personnel of World War I
British Chief Constables
English people of Scottish descent
People from Ramsgate
Royal Scots soldiers
Date of death missing
Military personnel from Kent
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