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Ross-shire (/ ˈ r ɒ s. ʃ aɪər /; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Rois), or the County of Ross, was a county in the Scottish Highlands.It bordered Sutherland to the north and Inverness-shire to the south, as well as having a complex border with Cromartyshire, a county consisting of numerous enclaves or exclaves scattered throughout Ross-shire's territory.
After a couple of abortive attempts, the rest of Ross was eventually separated from Inverness-shire in 1661, being given its own Sheriff of Ross and becoming Ross-shire. [3] 1861 map of Cromartyshire and mainland Ross-shire. The interests of landowners led to some variations in the 1661 definition of Ross-shire from the old province of Ross.
The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, mainly associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland. The regiment existed from 1881 to 1961, and saw service in World War I and World War II , along with many smaller conflicts.
A subsequent act in 1661 finally separated Ross from Inverness-shire. The new shire of Ross also included the northern Outer Hebrides, notably the Isle of Lewis, which was owned by Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Seaforth, a major landowner in Ross. The shire of Ross excluded the small area of Cromartyshire, which just covered the area around ...
People from Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. B. People from the Black Isle (22 P) D.
A document dated 30 January 1747 records six men aged over 16 who lived in the village of Kilmuir (Kilmuire), in the parish of Kilmuir-Easter, Ross-shire who did not take part in the Jacobite rising of 1745, even though they lived on the Jacobite Lord Cromartie's estate. [4]
The regiment was raised by Francis Humberston MacKenzie, Chief of the Clan Mackenzie and later Lord Seaforth, as the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (or The Ross-shire Buffs) on 8 March 1793. [5] First assembled at Fort George in July 1793, [ 6 ] the regiment moved to the Channel Islands in August 1793, [ 7 ] and embarked for Holland in ...
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Ross-shire.The office was replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty in 1889 through the operation of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, which directed that the incumbent Lord Lieutenant of Ross-shire should automatically assume the new post.