Personal Life
David Robertson Ross was born on the 28th of February 1958 in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire. At the age of 5 his family moved to East Kilbride (South Lanarkshire), where he attended Halfmerk Primary School and East Kilbride High, from which he graduated in 1974 with six "O" levels.
At the age of about 15, he became interested in the novels of Nigel Tranter, that inspired him to grow an interest in the history of Scotland, as he realised that the history curriculum in British schools was told from an England-centric perspective that ignored (or nearly so) the individual histories of the other countries forming the United Kingdom. At 17, with his motorcycle, he started visiting the locations of the main events of Scottish history - all this while working in the music industry.
David R. Ross was twice divorced and had a daughter named Kimberley, born in 1987.
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