Sir Ross Donnelly

Posted by Sarah Gash on Sunday 12th of September 2021 18:55

I have a pamphlet that has a lengthy insciption date 1837.
It says "Given to my mother by her father Ross Donnelly Streachey Bailey, formerly a midshipman R.N. and later an officer of HM Treasury? M.S.?? My grandfather and grandmother lived after their marriage in Castlereagh Street, He died in the early thirties..." It goes on but talks about him being given a naval burial and gives som more genealogy but is difficult to read. Does anyone have a clue who this man could be and if he has descendents?

Posted by Cy on Sunday 5th of August 2018 10:11

Yes, but he served in the British Royal Navy, as did all other Irishmen.
Arthur Wellesley would probably call you out if you called him an Irishman, "being born in a stable doesn't make you a horse", Daniel O’Connell.

Posted by Donal O'Brien on Sunday 5th of August 2018 02:10

Admiral Sir Ross Donnelly was not British, he was Irish (as was the 1st Duke of Wellington) born in Athlone, Co. Westmeath c.1763.

Posted by olivier N on Wednesday 22nd of February 2012 16:51

Sir Ross Donelly was witness to the wedding of Benjamin ALDER with my cousin Elisabeth EYCKHOLt in Brussels on Nov 1815. The official record I saw this morning in the Brussels Archives says he was then 51 years old.
FYI, Kind regards.