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Archibald Ross
Sir Archibald Ross KBE (1867 - 19 March 1931) was a pioneering marine engineer.
He was 18 years of age when he became a pupil of Messrs. R & W Hawthorn at their St.Peters Works, Newcastle upon Tyne in England and all his working life was spent with this well-known engineering and shipbuilding company. During Sir Archibald's regime turbines and boilers for some of the heaviest units in the Royal Navy were built. He attended the National Labor Conference at Washington, USA in 1910
Irishmen, founded by James Napper Tandy and Archibald Hamilton Rowan.
Just before the outbreak of the 1798 Rebellion Harvey was arrested at his home on 26 May 1798 at 11.00 p.m. A rebel colonel, Anthony Perry, divulged the information after giving in to torture by Crown forces. He was imprisoned at Wexford Gaol until its occupation by the rebels, and on his liberation he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the rebel forces, perhaps against his will. His first plan was to advance westwards via New Ross into County