Ross Lang Explained

Ross Lang
Rank:Lieutenant General
Branch: East India Company
Commands:Madras Army
Battles:First Anglo-Mysore War

Lieutenant General Ross Lang was Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army.

Military career

Lang was commissioned into the Madras European Regiment.[1] He commanded a battalion at the Siege of Madura in 1763 and then, having been promoted to lieutenant-colonel, he served in the First Anglo-Mysore War.[1] He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army in 1777, following the suspension of James Stuart, and commanded the Army at Vellore.[1] With the rank of lieutenant general he commanded the Madras Army again between 1783 and 1785.[2]

Family

In 1773 he married Anne Oats; their son, also called Ross Lang, became a major-general and died in 1822.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Wilks, Mark . History of Mysore. Hogg and Son. 1841. 26. 9788120604919.
  2. Book: Love, Henry Davidson . Indian Records Series Vestiges of Old Madras. 2006. Asian Educational Services, India. 547. 978-8120603202.