Guillermo Ross

Guillermo Ross (c. 1700 – c. 1755) was a Scottish army officer belonging to the Clan Ross and Munro by maternal line.[1] He had a great military and political activity in the Río de la Plata, occupying the positions of sergeant major and governor of Buenos Aires.[2]

Capitán

Guillermo Ross
Gobernador interino of Buenos Aires
In office
? – ?
MonarchFerdinand VI of Spain
Preceded by?
Succeeded by?
Sargento Mayor de los Reales Ejércitos in the Fuerte de Buenos Aires
In office
? – ?
MonarchFerdinand VI of Spain
Preceded by?
Succeeded by?
Personal details
Born
William Ross Munro

c. 1700
Little Tarrell, Kingdom of Scotland
Diedc. 1755
Chuquisaca, Viceroyalty of Peru
Spouse(s)María Antonia del Pozo Silva
ChildrenMaría Cristina Ross
María Aurelia Ross
Jorge Miguel Ross
Juan Guillermo Ross
Cayetana Beatriz Ross
Occupationarmy
politician
Professionmilitary man
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Scotland
 Spain
Branch/serviceBritish Army
Spanish Army
Years of servicec. 1720–1750s
RankCaptain
UnitFuerte de Buenos Aires

Biography

He was son of Alexander Ross and Margaret Munro, belonging to a noble Scottish family.[3] He arrived at the Port of Buenos Aires as a member of the Company of the Real Asiento de Inglaterra.[4] 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.[5]

His condition of Protestant brought him many problems to establish himself in Buenos Aires colonial.[6] In 1740, he obtained permission of the authorities to marry with María Antonia Jacinta del Pozo Silva,[7] daughter of Francisco Alonso del Pozo Silva and Antonia de Toledo y Ojeda, belonging to a distinguished family of the city.[8] His daughters, María Cristina Ross and Maria Aurelia Ross, were married to Gregorio Ramos Mexía and Francisco Antonio Basavilbaso, two distinguished Spanish government officials.[9]

His son, Jorge Ross del Pozo Silva was baptized on 17 July 1742, being his godfather Roberto Young,[10] a well-known doctor of the city of Scottish origin.[11] Through his grandsons, Hilario Ramos Mexía and Ildefonso Ramos Mexía, the blood of Guillermo Ross was present during the May Revolution of 1810, events that gave origin to the establishment of the Argentine Republic.[12]

References
  1. La literatura argentina:, Ricardo Rojas
  2. Crónicas y linajes de la gobernación del Plata:, Luis Enrique Azarola Gil
  3. Revista de estudios históricos, Issues 27-2, República de Chile
  4. Borbónico) y políticas anti-jesuíticas (PDF), Eduardo Saguier
  5. Diccionario biográfico colonial argentino, Institución Mitre
  6. Presencia del protestantismo en el Rio de la Plata durante el siglo XIX, Daniel P. Monti
  7. Entre la genealogía y la historia, Ediciones del Círculo, 1989
  8. Estudios genealógicos, heráldicos y nobilarios en honor de Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, Instituto Luis de Salazar y Castro
  9. Hernandarias: el hijo de la tierra, Raúl A. Molina
  10. Bautismos 1732–1752, Nuestra Señora de La Merced
  11. Historia de los médicos y boticarios en el Buenos Aires antiguo, 1536–1871, Lilia Zenequelli
  12. Todo es historia, Issues 236–241, Todo es Historia
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