Talk:Robert Ross (British Army officer)

Northern Ireland?
How does this fall within the scope of a project seeking to "build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Northern Ireland on Wikipedia."? --Spankr 00:40, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

My biggest problem is the 99 foot granite obelisk "on the shore of Carlingford lough, at the Ross home of Davenport" Yeah, what? That obelisk is on the shore of the lough, but outside his home town of Rostrevor, Co. Down. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.78.246.81 (talk) 10:45, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Photos
I work about 100m from Robert Ross's tomb. I'll upload some photos to wikimmedia commons for use in the article and transcribe the epitaph as well. --Spankr 00:40, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 16:08, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Trivia moved to talk


In fiction
Robert Ross is a viewpoint character in the alternate history novels, 1812: The Rivers of War (2005) and 1824: The Arkansas War (2006), by American writer Eric Flint.  If it can somehow be made a an encyclopedic addition to the information about Ross, then by all means, move back, but this doesn't do it. Toddst1 (talk) 19:47, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Inaccuracy
I removed a statement that he was the first general to defeat a US military force, as this simply isn't true. Washington was beaten several times, albeit never to the extent of the destruction of his armies. Also, earlier in the War of 1812, several US armies in Canada were beaten. --140.180.149.70 (talk) 05:02, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Name
It has been removed that his surname was Ross-of-Blandesburg, was this definitely changed after his death? - his descendants certainly went by that surname. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.165.253.61 (talk) 16:51, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * The general's surname was Ross. It was his descendants who were given the surname "Ross-of-Bladensburg". See "A Complete Guide to Heraldry" by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (published 1909), pages 113, 474, 593, 374. The book is also online and the passage on page 593 can be found here: http://www.archive.org/stream/completeguidetoh00foxdrich#page/592/mode/2up ViennaUK (talk) 21:46, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Portrait of Ross in US Capitol rotunda?
I can find no supporting evidence on the web that there's a portrait of Ross in the US Capitol Rotunda. In fact, it sounds improbable. Why would the Americans put a portrait of a guy who tried to burn it down in the middle of the building?

This info (initially grievously misspelled) has been on the page since 7 November 2009:

In honor of Washington DC's history there is also a portrait of Ross in the capital's re tundra.

There does seem to be an "action scene" of the British burning down the Capitol -- not located in the rotunda, but in one of the wings. See here at aoc.gov. But this painting is not in the rotunda, it's not really a portrait, and it's not 100% clear that Ross is the one depicted (but maybe it is, I don't know).

In short, I think this claim is false -- I think his portrait is NOT in the rotunda. I am inclined to remove this statement, unless someone knows better, or can find some more evidence about this than I can.

Nostalgie de la boue (talk) 23:11, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Irish?
I question his identification as an "Irish officer" in the British Army. Elsewhere Wikipedia at least has Anglo-Irish. The family were Scottish, originally, as the name itself attests.Venqax (talk) 15:50, 22 July 2020 (UTC)