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Major General Robert Ross (1766-1814)
The Irish-born Robert Ross joined the British Army in 1789. He was a veteran of many campaigns and had risen rapidly in the ranks being promoted to a full Colonel in 1810 as well as aide-de-camp to the king.
Ross was wounded in France in February 1814 and had just returned to service when he was given command of an expeditionary force to the United States. Ross sailed to North America as a Major General to take charge of all British troops off the east coast of the United States. He personally led the British troops ashore at Benedict. |