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the Hon. Charles Ross, Colonel-General of Dragoons,
second son of George eleventh Lord Ross of Halkhead.
Although of the same name, no relationship between
the two families can now be traced ; their armorial bear-
ings were different, and they were settled in different parts
of Scotland. But a very intimate alliance appears to have
existed between them for fully a hundred years previ-
ously ; the Lords Ross had large wadsets over the lands ;
and in one instance the then laird had settled the estate,
failing heirs of his own body, on the family of Lord Ross. 1
David Ross had no heirs nearer than the descendant of
his great-great-grandfather, Ross of Pitcalnie. Balnagown
was a Whig and a Presbyterian, and his lady was a great
pillar of the Kirk, while Pitcalnie was a Tory and a Jaco-
bite. Political considerations, therefore, made it desirable
to establish in the position of laird of Balnagown, and, to
a certain extent, chief of the clan of Ross, a man of sound
principles and of powerful influence. General Ross was
a Tory, but no Jacobite.
General Ross died in 1732, after executing an entail
of the estates, to which he had added Logie, a property
closely adjacent to the castle. He was succeeded by his
1 See " Genealogical Deduction of the Roses of Kilravock." Edited by
Mr. C. Innes for the Spalding Club. P. 310.