(Queen Elizabeth II Version) - 20 years service to the British Royal Family. Personal life On 31 January 1969, he married Susan Jane Gow (b. 1949), daughter of General Sir James Michael Gow (1924–2013) and Jane Emily Scott. Through his wife, he was the uncle of Sophie Hunter (b. 1978), the wife of actor Benedict Cumberbatch. Together he and his wife had three children: Tabitha Alice Ross (b. 1970) Flora Jane Josephine Ross (b. 1974) Hector Walter James Ross (b. 1983) He died on 27 October 2019, his birthday, at the age of 76. See also Extra Equerry to the Queen References 1943 births 2019 deaths Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Officers of the Order of the British Empire Deputy Lieutenants of Kirkcudbright Lord-Lieutenants of Kirkcudbright Equerries Scots Guards officers Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst People educated at Eton College Members of the Household of the Prince of Wales Members of the Royal Company of Archers Bailiffs Grand Cross of the Order of St John