Robert Dalrymple Ross

Sir Robert Dalrymple Ross (1827–1887) was an army officer, politician and businessman.

[2] Ross was appointed to South Australia in 1862 as head of the Commissariat Department and was briefly aide-de-camp to Governor Daly.

On 10 August 1865 in Adelaide he married Mary Anstice (d.1867), daughter of John Baker, and bought Highercombe at Gumeracha.

[2] In 1875 after being defeated for Gumeracha, Ross entered the House of Assembly for Wallaroo and from June 1876 to October 1877 was Treasurer of South Australia in the Colton ministry.

[3] Ross died in hospital at North Adelaide on 27 December 1887(1887-12-27) (aged 59–60) and was buried, after a state funeral, in St George's cemetery, Woodforde.