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Ross Family Crest - Digital Download - Ross Coat of Arms JPG File - Heraldry, Genealogy, Ancestry, Surnames, Shields
Digital Download - Ross Coat of Arms
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Heraldic/Genealogical Details:
Sir John Ross (1777-1856), Scottish Captain in the Royal Navy, distinguished for his discoveries in the Arctic Regions, son of Rev. Andrew Ross of Balsarroch, Minister of Inch in Wigtownshire (1777-1856), and uncle of Sir James Clark Ross (1800-1862), who explored the Arctic with him, and later led expeditions to Antarctica - Gules three estoiles in chevron between as many lions ramp. ar. for augmentation, a chief or, thereon a portion of the terrestrial globe proper the true meridian described thereon by a line passing from north to south sable with the Arctic circle azure within which the place of the magnetic pole in latitude 70° 5′ 17″ and longitude 96° 46′ 45″ west, designated by an inescutcheon gules charged with a lion pass, guard, of the first; the magnetic meridian shown by a line of the fourth passing through the inescutcheon with a correspondent circle, also gules to denote more particularly the said place of the magnetic pole; the words following inscribed on the chief, viz., “Arctæos Numine Fines.” Crests—1st, Ross: A fox’s head erased proper, 2nd: On a rock a flagstaff erect, thereon hoisted the union jack, inscribed with the date, 1st June, 1831 (being that of discovering the place of the magnetic pole), and at foot, and on the sinister side of the flagstaff, the dipping-needle, showing its almost vertical position, all proper.