Andrew Ross (1773-1812), Army officer who suppressed the 1802 mutiny of several regiments at Gibraltar; probably appointed Governor of Essequibo and Demerara in 1807 or 1808. He retired to Madeira for his health in 1809, but returned to service in the Peninsular War and died at the siege of Carthagena on September 26, 1812.
Subject (Geographic):
Caribbean Area--History, Cartagena (Spain)--History, Great Britain--Colonies--Administration, Great Britain--Foreign relations--Spain, and Spain--Foreign relations--Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833, Inciarte, José Felipe, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Ross, Andrew,--1773-1812
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Caribbean Area, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Spain, and Peninsular War, 1807-1814--Campaigns--Spain
Andrew Ross (1773-1812), Army officer who suppressed the 1802 mutiny of several regiments at Gibraltar; probably appointed Governor of Essequibo and Demerara in 1807 or 1808. He retired to Madeira for his health in 1809, but returned to service in the Peninsular War and died at the siege of Carthagena on September 26, 1812.
Subject (Geographic):
Caribbean Area--History, Demerara--History, Essequibo--History, and Great Britain--Colonies--Administration
Subject (Name):
Londonderry, Robert Stewart, Marquess of, 1739-1821, Nicholl, John, Sir, 1759-1838, and Ross, Andrew, 1773-1812
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Caribbean Area, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Spain, and Peninsular War, 1807-1814--Campaigns--Spain
Andrew Ross (1773-1812), Army officer who suppressed the 1802 mutiny of several regiments at Gibraltar; probably appointed Governor of Essequibo and Demerara in 1807 or 1808. He retired to Madeira for his health in 1809, but returned to service in the Peninsular War and died at the siege of Carthagena on September 26, 1812.
Subject (Geographic):
Caribbean Area--History, Puerto Rico--History--19th century--Sources, and Saint Croix (United States Virgin Islands)--History--Sources
Subject (Name):
Montes, Toribio de and Ross, Andrew,--1773-1812
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Caribbean Area, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Spain, and Peninsular War, 1807-1814--Campaigns--Spain