Guillermo Ross

Guillermo Ross (?-?) was a Scottish army officer and politician,[1] who served for the Spanish Monarchy, occupying the positions of Sergeant Major and Governor of Buenos Aires.[2]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ross and the second or maternal family name is Munro.
Guillermo Ross Munro
interin Governor of Buenos Aires
In office
c.1750 – c.1750
Preceded by?
Succeeded by?
Personal details
Born
William Ross

18th century
Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain
Died18th century
Chuquisaca, Viceroyalty of Peru
NationalityScottish
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionMilitary man
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Spain
Branch/serviceSpanish Army
Years of service1730s-1750s
RankSergeant Major
UnitFuerte de Buenos Aires

Biography

He was son of Alexander Ross and Margaret Munro, a family originally from the north of Scotland.[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 professing the Protestant religion brought him many problems to establish himself in Buenos Aires.[6] In 1740, he obtained permission of the authorities to marry with María Antonia Jacinta del Pozo Silva Toledo,[7] daughter of Francisco Alonso del Pozo Silva and Antonia de Toledo Ojeda, belonging to a family of political officials of the city.[8] His daughters, María Cristina Ross was married to Gregorio Ramos Mexía, and Maria Aurelia Ross with Francisco Antonio Basavilbaso, son of one of the richest and most powerful families in Buenos Aires.[9]

His son, Jorge Ross del Pozo Silva was born on 15 July 1742 and was baptized on 17 July that year, 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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