Robert Ross Military person

Robert Ross (1766 – 12 September 1814) was an Irish officer in the British Army who participated in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, (1812-1815). He is most well known for the Burning of Washington, which included the destruction of the White House and The Capitol, and for his failure to invest Baltimore. He died at the Battle of North Point before the infamous Bombardment of Fort McHenry the next day.

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Robert Ross
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1766
Birth place
Rostrevor , Kingdom of Ireland , County Down
Date of deathSeptember 12, 1814
Place of death
Maryland , United States , Baltimore

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military operations
Walcheren Campaign
Battle of Maida
Napoleonic Wars
War of 1812
Peninsular War
French Revolutionary Wars
French campaign in Egypt and Syria
Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland
Battle of Corunna
Battle of Bladensburg
Battle of North Point
Burning of Washington
service start1789
service end1814

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