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Title
Ross Monument
Medium
granite, marble & slate
Measurements
H 3018 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
BT34_AL_S023
Acquisition method
funded by private subscription
Work type
Obelisk
Owner
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Custodian
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
A (Northern Ireland)
Unveiling date
1826
Listing date
26/02/76
Access
at all times
Inscription description
etched on a marble plaque inserted in the front of the pedestal: MAJOR GENERAL / ROBERT ROSS / SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN / HOLLAND EGYPT / ITALY SPAIN AND FRANCE / CONQUERED IN AMERICA AND / FELL VICTORIOUS AT / BALTIMORE; on a slate plaque inserted in the right side of the pedestal, in the left column: BORN 1766 / ENSIGN 25 FOOT 1 AUGUST 1798 / LIEUTENANT 7 FOOT 13 JULY 1791 / CAPTAIN 21 APRIL 1795 / MAJOR 20 FOOT 6 AUGUST 1799 / LIEU COLONEL (BREVET) 1 JANUARY 1801 / LIEU COLONEL 21 JANUARY 1808 / COLONEL (BREVET) 25 JULY 1810 / AID DE CAMP TO THE KING 1810 / MAJOR GENERAL 1813; and in the right column: HELDER 1799 / ALEXANDRIA 1804 / MAIDA 1806 / CORUNNA 1809 / VITTORIA 1813 / ORTHES 1813 / PYRENEES 1813 / BLADENSBURGH 1814 / BALTIMORE 1814; on the back side of the pedestal: OFFICERS OF A GRATEFUL ARMY / WHICH UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE LAMENTED / MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT ROSS / ATTACKED AND DISPERSED THE AMERICAN FORCES / AT BLADENSBERG ON THE 24TH OF AUGUST 1814 / AND ON THE SAME DAY VICTORIOUSLY ENTERED WASHINGTON / THE CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES / INSCRIBED UPON THIS TABLET / THEIR ADMIRATION OF HIS PROFESSIONAL SKILL / AND THEIR ESTEEM FOR HIS AMIABLE PRIVATE CHARACTER / HIS WELL EARNED FAME IS ALSO RECORDED / BY THE MONUMENT ERECTED AT HIS GRAVE / IN HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA BY THE ARMY IN THAT COMMAND / BY THAT WHICH HIS MOURNING BROTHER OFFICERS OF THE 20TH FOOT / RAISED IN HIS PARISH CHURCH AT ROSTREVOR / AND / THAT PLACED IN ST PAULS CATHEDRAL / AS THE LAST TRIBUTE OF A NATIONS PRAISE / BY HIS COUNTRY.; and on the left side of the pedestal: ERECTED / BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY OF DOWN / AND / BY THE ARMY SERVING IN AMERICA / IN REMEMBRANCE OF / MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT ROSS / AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS PRIVATE WORTH / AND / A RECORD OF HIS MILITARY EXPLOITS / 1826
