Robert Ross (British Army Officer)

Robert Ross (British Army Officer)

Robert Ross (1766 – 12 September 1814) was an Anglo-Irish British Army officer who participated in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. He is most well known for the Burning of Washington, including the White House.

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