Sir John Rose, 1st Baronet
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The Right Honourable Sir John Rose, 1st Baronet, PC (August 2 1820 – August 24 1888) was a Canadian politician.
He was born in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland and emigrated to Lower Canada with his parents in 1836 where he was active in suppressing the Patriotes Rebellion of 1837. He was admitted to the bar in 1842 and established a commercial practice in Montreal. From 1857 until 1867 he was a member of the legislative assembly of the United Province of Canada and was a member of the Executive Council from 1858 until 1861.
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.
In 1864, the British government appointed him to the commission to settle claims under the Oregon Treaty with the United States.
Rose was a delegate to the Colonial Conference in London in 1867 and again in 1868. In 1869, Rose moved to England to practice law and acted as an unofficial representative of the Canadian government. He also sat on a number of Royal Commissions in Britain and became a baronet in 1872 and a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1886.
Following his passing in 1888, Sir John Rose was interred in Guildford, England, near the country estate named "Losely Park," a place he had rented for some years.
External links
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39930)
| Preceded by: Alexander Galt | Minister of Finance 18 November 1867 – 30 September 1869 | Succeeded by: Francis Hincks |