Launcelot Hugh Ross was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on 25 January 1885. He was articled to John Rust (1844-1919), Aberdeen City Architect, from 1901 to 1906 and remained with him as his assistant until 1907. He also attended Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen. He worked as an assistant to John James Burnet (1857-1938) and John Burnet & Son in Glasgow and London from 1907 to 1911; to Ashley & Newman in London 1911; and to W. J. Parker in London in 1912.
Ross commenced independent practice as an architect in Glasgow in 1912. He was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1931 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) later that year. He died in Glasgow on 30 January 1956.
Shop premises: — R. A. Peacock and Son, Ltd., baker's shop and tearooms, at Union Street and Argyle Street, Glasgow, 1912, 1919, 1921; Style and Mantle, Ltd., (costumiers), at Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, 1924; Robt. Graham and Co. (tobacconists), Queen Street Station and Gordon Street, Glasgow, 1913, 1922; Edward Watson Sons and Co. (butchers), Argyle Street, Glasgow, 1923; Watt and Milne (costumiers), Union Street, Aberdeen, 1922; Cockburn and Co., Ltd. (chemists), Union Street, Glasgow, and High Street, Ayr, 1924, 1925; Caldwell's Dairies, Ltd. (bakery, dairy shops, and offices), Sauchiehall Street, Dumbarton Road, Fulton Street, and Byres Road, Glasgow, 1923, 1924, 1925; McLaren and Son (Glasgow), Ltd. (outfitters), Gordon Street, Glasgow, 1924; Waverley Motor Co. (motor showrooms), Eglington Street, Glasgow, 1923; Whitstevens, Ltd. (tobacconists), Union Street, Glasgow, 1923; Nairn Bros., Ltd. (bakers and confectioners), Gt. Junction Street, Leith, and Easter Road, Edinburgh, 1925. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1926]
For a additional list of architectural projects by Launcelot Hugh Ross see the Dictionary of Scottish Architects
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001