Sir John Rose | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 18 November 1867 – 29 September 1869 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Galt |
| Succeeded by | Francis Hincks |
| Member of Parliament for Huntingdon,Quebec | |
| In office 20 September 1867 – 17 November 1867[1] 28 November 1867 – 29 September 1869 | |
| Preceded by | New Electoral District |
| Succeeded by | Julius Scriver |
| Solicitor General forCanada East,Province of Canada | |
| In office 26 November 1857 – 1 August 1858 | |
| Receiver General, Province of Canada | |
| In office 6 August 1858 – 7 August 1858 | |
| Solicitor General for Canada East, Province of Canada | |
| In office 7 August 1858 – 10 January 1859 | |
| Commissioner for Public Works, Province of Canada | |
| In office 11 January 1859 – 12 June 1861 | |
| Member of Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for City of Montreal, Canada East | |
| In office December 1857 - June 1861 | |
| Member of Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Montreal Centre, Canada East | |
| In office 1861 - May, 1863; 1863 - June, 1867 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1820-08-02)2 August 1820 |
| Died | 24 August 1888(1888-08-24) (aged 68) Langwell Forest,Ord of Caithness, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scots-Quebecer |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Sir John Rose, 1st BaronetPC GCMG QC (2 August 1820 – 24 August 1888) was aScots-Quebecer politician. He was a member of theLegislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and theExecutive Council of the Province of Canada. AfterConfederation, he held the offices ofSolicitor General of Canada,Minister of Public Works andMinister of Finance in the new federal government. In the United Kingdom, he held the offices ofReceiver General of theDuchy of Cornwall andPrivy Counsellor.
In 1872, he was created 1stBaronet Rose, of Montreal. His eldest son inherited the title and in 1909, his second son,Sir Charles Day Rose, was created 1st Baronet Rose ofHardwick House in his own right. His home from 1848, Rosemount, was in Montreal'sGolden Square Mile. From 1872, he lived in England atLoseley Park.
John Rose was born 2 August 1820, at Gask, nearTurriff,Aberdeenshire. He was the son of William Rose (b. 1792), of Gask, and Elizabeth (d. 1822), daughter of Capt. James Fyfe.[2] John's father, William, was a great-grandson ofHugh Rose, 16th Baron of Kilravock and Chief ofClan Rose. The estate of Gask had passed to John's father through his ancestor, Lt.-General Alexander Forbes (d. 1672), 10thLord Forbes. John Rose was educated at Udny Academy andKing's College, Aberdeen.
In 1836, he immigrated toHuntingdon, Quebec, in what was thenLower Canada, where he was active in suppressing theLower Canada Rebellion of 1837. He was admitted to the bar in 1842 and established a commercial practice inMontreal. From 1857 until 1867, he was a member of theLegislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, and he was a member of theExecutive Council from 1858 until 1861.
He was Lower Canada'sSolicitor General from 1857 to 1858 and from 1858 to 1859, and he also acted as various times as commissioner ofpublic works andReceiver General. In 1864, the British government appointed him to the commission to settle claims under theOregon Treaty with theUnited States.
Rose was elected to theHouse of Commons of Canada for the electoral district ofHuntingdon,Quebec on 20 September 1867, and was later appointedMinister of Finance in the government ofJohn A. Macdonald. He resigned from Parliament on 29 September 1869, to return to private life with the banking firm of Morton, Rose and Co.[3]
Rose was a delegate to theLondon Conference of 1866. In 1869, Rose moved to England to practise law and acted as an unofficial representative of the Canadian government. His was one of the first missions of a partly diplomatic nature which Canada ever sent abroad. He was sent partly because his was perceived as being "gentlemanly" enough for the world of London politics. He worked for Canada's interests in trade and immigration, and lobbied for Canada's viewpoint on matter ofAnglo-American relations. In this function, he answered directly to thePrime Minister, John A. Macdonald, since it was an informal position and was therefore not under the purview of theGovernor General, meaning that communications could be kept secret from the Imperial Government. As well, Canada did not have a foreign affairs department at the time.
He also sat on a number ofRoyal Commissions in Britain and became abaronet in 1872, and a member of theImperial Privy Council in 1886. Following his passing in 1888, Sir John Rose was interred atMount Cemetery inGuildford, near theLoseley Park estate, which he had rented for some years.[citation needed]
He was succeeded by his elder sonSir William Rose, 2nd Baronet. His daughter Mary Rose married Major-GeneralSir Stanley de Astel Calvert Clarke, K.C.V.O., C.M.G.
His Clarke granddaughters, Mrs. Edith Mary Bibby and Mrs. Baird, were two of the noted beauties of the day, and their portraits by Fildes, R.A. (former) and by Shannon (latter) were exhibited at theRoyal Academy, 1896.
They were the daughters of Mrs. Edith Mary Bibby married Frank Bibby, of Sansaw, nearShrewsbury, England, 1890, and the couple had two sons and two daughters.[4]
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| New creation | Baronet (of Montreal) 1872–1888 | Succeeded by |
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