King of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Clunies - Ross is a native of Scotland Family, (only to 1955 de facto) ruled the Cocos Islands from 1827 to 1978.
The Scottish Captain John Clunies -Ross called 1827 as king Ross I of the Cocos Islands. This title was claimed by his descendants until 1978, when King Ross V. the islands of the Australian Government sold, which they managed since 1955.
Neither John Clunies -Ross nor his descendants were ever recognized internationally as kings. V. Ross currently lives in Perth in exile, but his son John George Clunies - Ross ( b. 1957 ) lives in the capital of the Cocos Islands West Iceland.