Guillermo Ross (1695 – 1757) was a Scottish army officer belonging to the

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and

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by maternal line. He had a great military and political activity in the

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, occupying the positions of sergeant major and governor of Buenos Aires.

Biography

He was son of Alexander Ross and Margaret Munro Forrester, belonging to a noble Scottish family. He arrived at the

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as a member of the Company of the

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. 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. 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, in charge of his business in Buenos Aires, and Robert Munro, a relative in charge of his farm in Little Tarrel,

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. His condition of

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brought him many problems to establish himself in Buenos Aires colonial. In 1740, he obtained permission of the authorities to marry with María Antonia Jacinta del Pozo Silva, daughter of Francisco Alonso del Pozo Silva and Antonia de Toledo y Ojeda, belonging to a distinguished family of the city. His daughters, María Cristina Ross and Maria Aurelia Ross, were married to

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and Francisco Antonio Basavilbaso, two distinguished Spanish government officials. His son, Jorge Ross del Pozo Silva was baptized on 17 July 1742, being his godfather

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, a well-known doctor of the city of Scottish origin. Through his grandsons, Hilario Ramos Mexía and

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, the blood of Guillermo Ross was present during the

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of 1810, events that gave origin to the establishment of the

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. His descendant

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, was

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during the Guerra de las Malvinas.

References

External links

Protocolos: Registro No. 3, 1716-1800Bautismos 1732-1752
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Guillermo Guillermo () is the Spanish form of the male given name William. The name is also commonly shortened to 'Guille' or, in Latin America, to nickname 'Memo'. People *Guillermo Amor (born 1967), Spanish football manager and former player *Guillermo Ar� ...

Clan Munro 1695 births 1757 deaths