About James Ross
Lived 1792 – 1865 (aged 72–73). James Ross was an Australian politician.
James Hunter Ross (10 February 1788 – 18 September 1865) was a lawyer and politician in colonial Victoria, Australia.
Ross was born at Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland, the son of Major John Ross and Jean Buchan. He practised as a lawyer at the Supreme Court in Scotland. He arrived in the Port Phillip District in August 1841, founding later that same year the law firm Blake & Riggall, the forerunner of Ashurst Australia.
On 31 October 1851, Ross was nominated, being sworn-in the following month, to the Victorian Legislative Council, a position he held until resigning July 1852. He was replaced in the council by Thomas Turner à Beckett.
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Who was James Ross?
Australian lawyer and politician in colonial Victoria
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James Ross was born in 1792.
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James Ross died on 18 September 1865.
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James Ross was a politician.
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James Ross was Australian.
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