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5 unusual facts about Sir John Rose


Alexander S. Johnson

In 1864, he was appointed United States Commissioner for the settlement of the claims of the Hudson Bay and Puget Sound Companies under the Oregon Treaty, Great Britain being represented by Sir John Rose, 1st Baronet.

Rose baronets

The Rose Baronetcy, of Montreal in the Dominion of Canada, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 9 September 1872 for the Canadian politician John Rose.

Sir John Rose

Sir John Rose, 1st Baronet (1820–1888), Canadian lawyer, politician and public servant

Sir John Rose, 1st Baronet

His eldest son inherited the title and in 1909 his second son, Sir Charles Day Rose was created 1st Baronet Rose of Hardwick House in his own right.

He was Lower Canada's Solicitor General from 1857 to 1858 and from 1858 to 1859 and also acted as various times as commissioner of public works and Receiver General.



see also

Sir John Parnell

From a line of politically motivated ancestry who moved to Ireland in the 1600s, Sir John rose to the highest positions in Irish politics and Parliament as Commissioner of Revenue (1780), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1787) and Lord of the Treasury (1793).