Ninian Ross, 3rd Lord Ross of Halkhead (died February 1555/6), was a Scottish nobleman.

Origins

Ross was the son and heir of John Ross, 2nd Lord Ross and Christian, the daughter of Sir Archibald Edmonstone. The Rosses of Halkhead, or Hawkhead, in

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, were a

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family, not apparently related to the Earls of Ross or the

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family of Ross of Balnagown.Sir James Balfour Paul, ''

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'', Volume VII

Career

Following the death of his father at the

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, Ross had by 1514 obtained

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

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, and widow of William, 5th

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* (contract 9 December 1529) Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of the Earl of Atholl and widow of the

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

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. 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. 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 * 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

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