Alexander Henry Ross was a British barrister and Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician.

Ross was born in Marylebone, the son of Charles Ross and Lady Mary Cornwallis daughter of Sir Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis , styled Viscount Brome until 1805, was a British Tory politician....

 and Lady Louisa Gordon.

Ross served as a major in the militia and as a J. P.

Justice of the Peace

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 and was living at Portland Place, London. In 1880 he was elected as one of the MPs

Member of Parliament

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 for Maidstone

Maidstone (UK Parliament constituency)

Maidstone was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The parliamentary borough of Maidstone returned two Members of Parliament from 1552 until 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member...

 . In 1885 representation was reduced to one member, but Ross retained the seat until his death three years later at the age of 59.

Ross married Juliana Moseley of Bobbongton Staffs in 1859 and had a family.

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