Ross Lang

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]

In 1773 he married Anne Oats; their son, also called Ross Lang, became a major-general and died in 1822.^[1]