David Robert Ross Explained

David Robert Ross
Office:	Member of Parliament for
Term Start:	19 August 1842
Term End:	9 August 1847
Predecessor:	William Gillilan Johnson James Emerson Tennent
Successor:	Robert James Tennent John Chichester
Alongside:	John Chichester (1845–1847) James Emerson Tennent (1842–1845)
Birth Date:	1797
Nationality:	Irish
Party:	Whig

David Robert Ross (1797 – 27 July 1851)^[1] was an Irish Whig politician and army officer.^{[2] [3]}

After unsuccessfully contesting the constituency at the 1841 general election, he was elected Whig MP for at a by-election in 1842—caused by the previous poll being declared void—and held the seat until 1847 when he did not seek re-election.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "A" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 19 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180915170511/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons2.htm. 15 September 2018 . usurped . 13 September 2018 .
2. News: Belfast Election . 19 August 2019 . Sussex Advertiser . 23 August 1842 . 1 . . subscription.
3. Book: Stooks Smith . Henry . The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830 . 1842 . Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. . London . 216 . . 19 August 2019.
4. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.