Original sentence: Cocos Island page at Genealogical Gleanings.George Clunies-Ross (Ross III)1872-7 July 19101842-1910.John Cecil Clunies-Ross (Ross V)1944-1978b.John Clunies-Ross (Ross I)1827-18541786-1854.John Clunies-Ross, a Scottish sea captain, proclaimed himself "King" Ross I of the Cocos Islands in 1827.John George Clunies-Ross (Ross II)1854-1872d.Neither John Clunies-Ross, nor any of his descendants, was ever internationally recognized as King.Order"King"ReignLived.Sydney Clunies-Ross (Ross IV)1910-19441880-1944.This title was claimed by his descendants until 1978 when "King" Ross V sold the islands to the Australian federal government, which had already been administering them since 1955
Edited sentence: 1786–d.1842–d.George Clunies-Ross from 1872–7 July, 1910 (b.John Clunies-Ross from 1827–1854 (b.John George Clunies-Ross from 1854–1872 (d.Sydney Clunies-Ross from 1910–1944 (b.The King of the Cocos Islands governed the islands from 1824 to 1944 when it became part of Australia