PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Settlement
was established on South Island by John Clunies-Ross on 27th February
1827, in 1886
the Clunies-Ross family declared
the islands a kingdom; this title was not recognized by the British or
the Australian Governments, it became
Australian territory on 23rd November 1955, John Cecil Clunies-Ross
relinquished
his authority on 1st September 1978. Title holders were...
- George Cluness, married Elizabeth Ross, and had issue.
- John Clunies-Ross (qv)
- Robert Clunies-Ross, born 1790 in Weisdale in the
Shetland Islands,
married
and had issue.
- Unknown, married and had issue.
- William John Clunies-Ross, born 1850, married Hannah
Elizabeth Tilley
and
had issue. He died 1914.
- Allen Clunies-Ross
- Capt. Egerton Clunies-Ross, born 5th September 1891
in Bathurst, N.S.W., Australia, served in Gallipoli, Egypt, France and
East Africa with the A.I.F. 1914/1917 and K.A.R. (King's African
Rifles) 1917/1918 holding the rank of Captain. He died 27th September
1918.
- Robert Clunies-Ross, born 1897, died October 1918.
- Sir Ian Clunies-Ross, born 22nd February 1899 in
Bathurst, NSW, C.M.G.,
married 6th October 1927, Janet Leslie Carter (later Lady
Clunies-Ross),
died 1986, and had issue. He died 20th June 1959.
- Anthony Ian Clunies-Ross, born 9th March 1932,
educated at Knox Grammar
School, Scotch College, Melbourne, University of Melbourne (BA), and
Pembroke
College, Cambridge University (MA), married 1961, Morag Fraser McVey,
and
has issue, 2 sons and 2 daughters.
- Maj.-Gen. Adrian Clunies-Ross , born 10th October
1933 in Sydney, A.O.
[1986], M.B.E. [1971], educated at Scotch College, Melbourne, the Royal
Military College, Duntroon and University of QLD (BA), married Julienne
Honora Anthony, and has issue, 3 children.
- John Clunies-Ross 1827/1854, born 1786, married
Elizabeth,
and had issue. He died 1853 (1854).
- John George Clunies-Ross (qv)
- George Clunies-Ross (qv)
- Andrew Clunies-Ross
- Charles Clunies-Ross, married and had issue.
- Sophie Clunies-Ross
- Eleonor Clunies-Ross, married Simon Oscar Syvertsen,
born 1867 in
Mandal,
Norway, died 1936 in New York, and had issue. She died 1900 in
childbirth.
- Cyril Clunies-Ross Syvertsen,
born
1895, died 1942 during
a Japanese air raid.
- John George Clunies-Ross 1854/1872, married and had
issue.
He died 1872 (1871).
- George Clunies-Ross 1872/1910, married and had
issue,
4 sons and 3 daughters. He
died 7th July 1910 at Ventnor, Isle of Wight aged 68.
- John Sydney Clunies-Ross (qv)
- John Sydney Clunies-Ross 1910/1944, born 1880,
married, Rose
Nash, died after 1944, and had issue, as well as further issue by a
local Malay girl. He died 1944.
- Inin Anne Clunies-Ross
- John Cecil Clunies-Ross (qv)
- Elizabeth May Clunies-Ross
- Charles William Clunies-Ross
- John Cecil Clunies-Ross (see above)
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