Editing Robbie Ross (section)

===Family===
Ross was born in [[Tours]], France. His mother, Elizabeth Baldwin, was the eldest daughter of [[Robert Baldwin]], a [[Toronto]] lawyer and politician who in the 1840s, together with his political partner [[Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine]], led Canada to autonomy from Britain. Ross's father, [[John Ross (Canadian politician)|John Ross]], was a Baldwinite and a Toronto lawyer who had a very successful political career, serving as Solicitor General for Upper Canada, Attorney General, Speaker of the Legislative Council, President of the Legislative Council, director, and, for a time, president, of the Grand Trunk Railway, and Canadian senator. He became Speaker of the Senate in 1869.

Ross was the youngest of five children, with two sisters, Mary and Maria, and two brothers, John and Alexander. The family moved to Tours, France, in 1866 while Elizabeth was pregnant with Maria, who was born in 1867, the year of Canadian Confederation. John fulfilled his duties as senator largely in absentia until he was chosen as Speaker of the Senate in 1869, the year of Robbie's birth, making his return to Canada unavoidable. The rest of the family followed in 1870. John died in January 1871 and Elizabeth moved the family to London, England, the following April.