Ross Lang
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Ross Lang | |
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| Allegiance |  Great Britain |
| Branch | .svg){kind=small} East India Company |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | Madras Army |
| Conflicts | First Anglo-Mysore War |
Lieutenant General Ross Lang was Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army.
Military career
[edit | edit source]Lang was commissioned into the Madras European Regiment.[1] He commanded a battalion at the Siege of Madura in 1763 and then, having been promoted to lieutenant-colonel, he served in the First Anglo-Mysore War.[1] He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army in 1777, following the suspension of James Stuart, and commanded the Army at Vellore.[1] With the rank of lieutenant general he commanded the Madras Army again between 1783 and 1785.[2]
Family
[edit | edit source]In 1773 he married Anne Oats; their son, also called Ross Lang, became a major-general and died in 1822.[1]