James Ross (Australian lawyer)

James Hunter Ross (c.1792 – 18 September 1865) was a lawyer and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia).

Ross was born 10 February 1788 at Prestonpans, East Lothian Scotland, the son of Major John Ross and Jean Buchan.[1]

Ross practised as a lawyer at the Supreme Court in Scotland. He arrived in the Port Phillip District in August 1841.[1] In 1841, Ross founded the law firm Blake & Riggall, the forerunner of Ashurst Australia.

On 31 October 1851 Griffith was nominated,[2] being sworn-in the following month, to the Victorian Legislative Council,[1][3] a position he held until resigning July 1852.[1] He was replaced in the Council by Thomas Turner à Beckett.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Ross, James Hunter". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 166. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. Labilliere, Francis Peter. Early History of the Colony of Victoria II.
Victorian Legislative Council
New seat Nominated Member
31 October 1851 – July 1852
Succeeded by
Thomas Turner à Beckett
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