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{{Short description|Scottish soldier and laird (1820-1909)}}
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|name = James Rose<br/>''[[Baron of Kilravock|23rd Baron of Kilravock]]''
|image = File:Rose of Kilravock arms.svg
|caption = Coat of Arms [[Clan Rose]]
|office1 = [[Lord Lieutenant of Nairn]]
|term_start1 = 1889
|term_end1  = 1903
|predecessor1 = [[Hugh Brodie, 23rd of Brodie|Hugh Brodie]]
|successor1 = [[Ian Ashley Morton Brodie, 24th of Brodie|Ian Brodie]]
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1820|3|21}}
|birth_place = [[Kilravock Castle]], [[Nairnshire]], Scotland
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1909|3|30|1820|3|21}}
|death_place = Kilravock Castle, Nairnshire, Scotland
|spouse = {{Marriage|Anna Maria Twemlow|1850|1867}}<br/>{{Marriage|Eliza Hocking|1868|1909}}
|children = 7
|father = [[Hugh Rose, 20th of Kilravock]]
|mother = Catherine Mackintosh of Farr
|education = [[Addiscombe Military Seminary]]
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|allegiance= {{UK}}
|branch= [[Image:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]]<br />[[Image:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|23px]] [[East India Company]]
|rank=[[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]]
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[[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]] '''James Rose''', 23rd [[Baron of Kilravock]] (1820-1909) was a British Army officer serving in [[British Raj|British India]], the [[Lord Lieutenant of Nairn]] and the [[Clan Chief|Chief]] of [[Clan Rose]].<ref name="Burke's 2003">{{cite book|author=Mosley, Charles|title=Burke's Peerage, 2003; Volume 3.|url=|year=2003|publisher=London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd|page=3395-99}}</ref> The third surviving son of [[Hugh Rose, 20th of Kilravock]] by his second wife, Catherine Mackintosh of Farr.<ref name=Who'sWho>{{cite web|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U190500|title=Who's Who; Rose, Major James|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref>
==Early life==
Born into a strongly political family, to [[Hugh Rose, 20th of Kilravock]] and his second wife, Catherine Mackintosh of Farr.<ref name=Who'sWho/> The Roses were active in Highland politics, his father was [[Member of Parliament (Great Britain)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Nairnshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Nairnshire]], his [[Hugh Rose, 16th of Kilravock|great-grandfather]] was [[Member of Parliament (Great Britain)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Ross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross-shire]] and his [[Hugh Rose, 15th of Kilravock|great-great-grandfather]] was one of the [[Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain]] also for Nairnshire and also became a [[Lord Lieutenant]] but of [[Lord Lieutenant of Ross-shire|Ross-shire]].<ref name="Burke's 2003"/> He was also the grandson of the literary critic and author [[Elizabeth Rose, Lady of Kilravock]]. Rose was educated in [[Edinburgh]] and followed that by joining [[Addiscombe Military Seminary]] and subsequently joined the British Indian Army.<ref name=Who'sWho/>
==Career==
As the youngest son of his father, following his father's death in 1827, Rose joined the British Army in India following his training at [[Addiscombe Military Seminary]].<ref name=Who'sWho/> During his time in the Army he rose to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]].<ref name=Who'sWho/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=James, Major |title=FAMILY MEMBERS THAT SERVED IN  THE MILITARY - CLAN ROSE EDITION |url=https://thirdwatchprotection.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FAMILY-MEMBERS-THAT-SERVED-IN-THE-MILITARY-CLAN-ROSE-EDITION-2.pdf |access-date=18 July 2022}}</ref> Following the death of his elder brother, John Baillie Rose, 22nd of Kilravock on 20 September 1854, Rose inherited [[Kilravock Castle]] and the title [[Baron of Kilravock]] at which point he returned to Scotland from the army.<ref name="Burke's 2003"/> On his return he was appointed [[Justice of the Peace]] and [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of the [[County of Nairn]].<ref name="Burke's 2003"/> In 1889 he was then appointed [[Lord Lieutenant of Nairn]] a position in which he served until 1903.<ref name=Who'sWho/>
==Personal life==
Rose married, firstly, Anna Maria Twemlow, daughter of General George Twemlow and Anna Maria Hannah D'Oyly, daughter of Edward D'Oyly {{postnominals|country=GBR|DL|JP}} (a descendant of the [[D'Oyly baronets#D'Oyly baronets, of Shottisham (1663)|D'Oyly baronets]]), on 15 January 1850, they had four children.<ref name="Burke's 2003"/>
*Catherine Isabella Ellen Rose (2 May 1859 - 28 December 1945), married Rev. Arthur Frederick Pope, had issue.
*[[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lt Col]] [[Hugh Rose, 24th of Kilravock]] {{postnominals|country=GBR|CMG|DL|JP}} (10 August 1863 - 22 February 1946), he married Ruth Antoinette Guillemard, daughter of Walter George Guillemard.
*[[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] John Rose (11 January 1866 - 24 October 1896), died unmarried.
*Elizabeth Margaret Rose {{postnominal|MBE}} (died 19 March 1933), married Ronald Hugh Baillie {{postnominal|OBE|DL|JP}}, son of [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-General]] [[Duncan Baillie]] {{postnominal|DL|JP}}, had issue.
He married, secondly, Eliza, widow of Parr W. Hocking. Rose died on 30 March 1909 at his home, [[Kilravock Castle]], aged 89.<ref name=Who'sWho/>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-190500 Who's Who page]
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