Ninian Ross, 3rd

Lord Ross The title of Lord Ross was a Lordship of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1499 for Sir John Ross, of Halkhead. The second Lord died at the Battle of Flodden. The 12th Lord was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Renfrew in 1 ...

of Halkhead (died February 1555/6), was a Scottish nobleman.

Origins

Ross was the son and heir of

John Ross, 2nd Lord Ross John Ross, 2nd Lord Ross of Halkhead (died 1513) was a Scottish nobleman. Origins Ross was the son and heir of Robert Ross (the son of John Ross, 1st Lord Ross) and Agnes Melville, daughter and heiress of Thomas Melville of Melville. The Rosses o ...

and Christian, the daughter of Sir Archibald Edmonstone. The Rosses of Halkhead, or Hawkhead, in

Renfrewshire Renfrewshire () ( sco, Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfr ...

, were a

Lowland Upland and lowland are conditional descriptions of a plain based on elevation above sea level. In studies of the ecology of freshwater rivers, habitats are classified as upland or lowland. Definitions Upland and lowland are portions of ...

family, not apparently related to the

Earls of Ross The Earl or Mormaer of Ross was the ruler of the province of Ross in northern Scotland. Origins and transfers In the early Middle Ages, Ross was part of the vast earldom of Moray. It seems to have been made a separate earldom in the mid 12 ...

or the

Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

family of

Ross Ross or ROSS may refer to: People * Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan * Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning * Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland Places * RoSS, the Republic of Sou ...

Balnagown Balnagown Castle is beside the village of Kildary in Easter Ross, part of the Highland area of Scotland. There has been a castle on the site since the 14th century, although the present building was remodelled in the 18th and 19th centuries. It i ...

.Sir James Balfour Paul, ''

The Scots Peerage ''The Scots Peerage'' is a nine-volume book series of the Scottish nobility compiled and edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, published in Edinburgh from 1904 to 1914. The full title is ''The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert ...

'', Volume VII

Career

Following the death of his father at the

Battle of Flodden The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton, (Brainston Moor) was a battle fought on 9 September 1513 during the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, resulting in an English ...

, Ross had by 1514 obtained

sasine Sasine in Scots law is the delivery of feudal property, typically land. Feudal property means immovable property, and includes everything that naturally goes with the property. For land, that would include such things as buildings, trees, and unde ...

s of his father's lands in Melville, Renfrew and Tarbert. He attended the parliaments of

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frequently over the next 25 years. On 30 June 1534 he ratified Scotland's peace treaty with England. He died in February 1555/6.

Family

Ross married four times: * Janet Stewart, daughter of

Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox (14609 September 1513), was a prominent Scottish nobleman. Stewart was the son of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox, and Margaret Montgomerie, daughter of Alexander Montgomerie, 1st Lord Montgomerie. He died ...

* (contract 12 December 1523) Elizabeth, youngest daughter of

William Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven William Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven (died c. 1528) was a Scottish nobleman and founder of the noble lines of the Ruthven family. William Ruthven of Ruthven was created Lord Ruthven by summons at the Parliament of Scotland in February 1488. Jame ...

, and widow of William, 5th

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* (contract 9 December 1529) Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of the

Earl of Atholl The Mormaer or Earl of Atholl was the title of the holder of a medieval comital lordship straddling the highland province of Atholl (''Ath Fodhla''), now in northern Perthshire. Atholl is a special Mormaerdom, because a King of Atholl is repor ...

and widow of the

Earl of Lennox The Earl or Mormaer of Lennox was the ruler of the region of the Lennox in western Scotland. It was first created in the 12th century for David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon and later held by the Stewart dynasty. Ancient earls The first earl ...

* Janet Montgomery Lord Ross had issue: * Robert, Master of Ross, who was killed in 1547 at the

Battle of Pinkie The Battle of Pinkie, also known as the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh ( , ), took place on 10 September 1547 on the banks of the River Esk near Musselburgh, Scotland. The last pitched battle between Scotland and England before the Union of the Cro ...

. He married Agnes Moncrieff and left a daughter, Elizabeth Ross. She was a lady in waiting to

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, and married on 10 May 1562,

John Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming John Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming (1529–6 September 1572), was a Scottish nobleman and a supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots. Life He was the son of Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming, lord high chamberlain, by his wife Johanna or Jonet Stewart, nat ...

. Mary paid for the wedding banquet. The celebrations were held in Holyrood park at the side of the loch and there were "great triumphs", shows and masques involving a staged sea-battle or ''naumachia''. The ambassador from Sweden attended. *

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 155 ...

* Hugh Ross * William Ross * Christian Ross, who married first (1543) John Mure of Caldwell, secondly (5 November 1552) Nicholas Ramsay of Dalhousie and thirdly (before 8 July 1555) John Weir, and died before February 1556/7 * (a natural son) John Ross of Tartraven, ancestor of the family of Ross of Kirkland.''The Scottish Journal of Topography, Antiquities, Traditions, etc.'' (Edinburgh, 1848), at page 28, ''Regent, or Professor Ross''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Ninian History of Renfrewshire People from Renfrewshire 1550s deaths Year of birth unknown Lords of Parliament (pre-1707)