New-York tribune., 1911-11-20
SIR CHARLES ROSS HERE
Scotch BarOnet Has Vast Inter-
eStS in the New World.

(Copvright 1911 by the Brentwood Company
Sir Charles Ross. who arrived the day
before yesterday from Europe with his
Kentucky wife. has large interests both in
the United States and in Canada. In addi-
tion TO this, he is. next TO the Duke of Suth
erland the largest land owner in Scotland.
or even in the United Kingdom, his principal
country seat in Scotland being Balnagowan
Castle. in the county whose name he bears,
a grand old place, rising among woods close
to the Cromartie Firth.
Sir Charles served with distinction in
South Africa. where he fitted out, at his
own expense. an entire battery for use dur
ing the Boer war. He has patented num-
ber OF very successful Inventions including
rife which has been adopted by the
Canadian government for it's military
forces. and has. in spite of his eXtraordi-
nary bringing up. displayed an amount Of
common sense and Of intelligent enterprise
which certainly do not come to him by in
heritance.
His father, grandfather and great-grand-
father were eccentric almost to the point
Of lunacy. For example. his grandfather
was so passionately fond of poultry that
he insisted on having all the rooms in Bal
mcgowan Castle Uttered with straw so that
he might enjoy the pleasure of watching
the chickens scratch and scrape among
it, In those days there was not room
I'm the huge castle in which one was not
likely TO tread upon "a setting hen or a new
laid egg among the straw, and one OF the
first things that his successor was obliged
to do on succeeding to the property was 10
floor and wainscOt afresh every room in the
castle.
OF SIR Charless father Il is told that one
winter he became greatly irritated over the
fact that he could find nothing for his army
Of workmen on OF of his Scotch estates
TO do owing 10 the frost and snow. At
last he hit upon a plan. He gave out that
he had lost a siXpence somewhere IN the
snow-covered grounds and set the men TO
find IT,
They searched and searched among the
snow without success. In the end one OF
them. anxious to relieve himself and ms
fellow employees of so ridiculous task
even at the sacrifice of a bit of silver
handed his master a sixpence and informed
hin, that he had found the coin. The late
Sir Charles instantly dismissed the man
for living. explaining that really ne had
not lost any money at all
With regard TO the present baronets
education it may be said that IN al 'He
history Of Eton. extending over six cen
ures. there has never been a puph 'ilele
who enioved such command Of money
and of luxury as was laVished on 'ldil.e
Ross while at school by his mother. Al
ready In those days he had maghlilcehl
ocean going steam yacht a large sailing
Yacht. the most superbly appointed ana
biggest steam launch for use on the
Thames. a coach and four, and heaven
knows what besides. In fact. there was
nothing that the boy could think OF Which
was NOT Immediately supplied to him by
bis dofing mother. on leaving Eton he
wont I'm Cambridge. and while there mar
ried Miss Winnifred Berens i'm defiance or
the nrofests of his mother His bride was
, sister of Olive. Countess Cairns. \ year
later. that is to say, before graduating ne
rowed for Cambridge in the annual oxford
and Cambridge boat race, being the first
married man on record to take part in that
historic contest.
The marriage was not fortunate one
i'm any respect, and eliminated in sensa-
tiopal divorce suit, in which Max de Bathe'
81 brother Of Sir Hugo de Bathe lone time
husband of Mrs. Langtry) was cited by sir
charles while Lady Ross brought counter
charges.
Several years after the dissolution Of this
marriage Sir Charles married again. HIS
second wife Patricia familarly known as
PATTY" is a daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Ellison. Of Louisville. and great
oranddauehter Of General Charles Scott
third Governor Of Kentucky and a mem
her Of General Washington's stan.
Sir Charles. besides owning half a million
Of acres i'm Scotland. has large interests in
fine copper mines of British Columbia. He
is also president Of water power electric
pjont at West Kootenay, Z. c., which is
virtually his creation. Ills holdings in
Canada include a large area in the western
mart of the Dominion. hich is now known
as Possland. while i'm China he has mining
rights which extend over seventeen thou
sand square miles. lie has no children by
mis- present marriage, and. his boy by his
first union having succumbed in infancy,
mis- baronetcy therefore. along with his en-
tailed estates. will go at his death 10 his
very remote cousin. Colonel Alexander Far
r,barecn. Of Invercauld, married to Miss
100 Nuseravc. of Edenhal a family rem
dered famous in this country 10y Long
fellows well known poem, The Luck OF
Eden Hail.
Heir Of Sir TolIemache.
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