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| James Clark Ross R.N. | Explanation |
| Third son of George Ross and a nephew of polar explorer Rear Adm. Sir John Ross (1777-1856) |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 15 April 1800 | | Born (London) |
| 11 December 1828 | | F.R.S. (Fellow of the Royal Society) |
| 1836 | 1838 | Conducting the first systematic magnetic survey of the British Isles |
| 18 October 1843 | | Married Ann (d. 1857), daughter of Thomas Coulman of Whitgift Hall, Yorkshire |
| 1844 | | Knighted |
| 1847 | | Published "Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, 1839-43 ". |
| 3 April 1862 | | Died (Aylesbury) |
| The British Antatric Survey vessel RRS James Clark Ross was built by Swan Hunter Shipbuilders, Wallsend, UK and launched on the 1st December 1990 |
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| Date | Rank |
| 5 April 1812 | Entered Navy |
| 26 December 1822 | Lieutenant |
| 8 November 1827 | Commander |
| 28 October 1834 | Captain |
| 1 December 1856 | Rear-Admiral |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 16 January 1818 | December 1818 | Midshipman in Isabella, commanded by John Ross, hired sloop, searching for the north-west passage from Baffin Bay to the Bering Strait |
| 16 January 1819 | November 1820 | in Hecla, commanded by William Edward Parry. expedition to find north-west passage, reached 110 °W |
| 1829 | 1833 | Participating in John Ross's expedition in Victory, financed by the gin magnate Felix Booth to search for the north-west passage |
| 1835 | 1835 | Commander in Cove, searching for, and bring relief to, whalers frown up in Baffin Bay |
| 8 April 1839 | September 1843 | Captain in Erebus, particular service (antarctic discovery, together with Terror, Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier; reached the Ross sea, and travelled inland to within 500 miles of the magnetic south pole) |
| 31 January 1848 | 26 November 1849 | Captain in Enterprise, particular service, in search of Sir John Franklin, together with Investigator (Captain Edward Joseph Bird) |
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