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esteemed and loved than “HOLMER OSE,” the appellation by which he was
distinguished in the district from other gentlemen of the same surname.
He had twelve children, of whom three died in infancy, and one in early
youth. His eldest
son, Hugh, entered the East India Company’s Service, in which he held
several honourable and responsible situations. He was aide-de-camp to Lord
Lake; and, after more than twenty years’ service, returned home with his
family in 1814, with the rank of Lieut.-Colonel. From that period he resided
on his property, where he died in 1836.1 Two other sons of Mr. Rose, Alexander
and Robert, died in India; the first in the military service, and the
other captain of a country vessel. The youngest son, General Sir John Rose,
K.C.B., succeeded to his brother Colonel Hugh, as Proprietor of Holme, where
he resided with his family, the eldest of whom was for some time in the civil
service of the East India Company. Lady Rose (Lilias) was a daughter of the
late James Fraser, Esq., of Culduthel.
hlr. Rose’s four daughters, who reached maturity, were all married ; the
eldest, Catherine, to Captain George Easton, of the 35th reb$nent of foot,
both of whom died some years after marriage, of yellow fever, in the West
Indies. Grace married the late William M‘Intosh, Esq., of Geddes, whom she
survived. She
predeceased her husband, who died in 1814. They left a numerous family.
Mr. Rose’s youngest daughter, Helen, was married to Dr. Cormack, minister
of Stow, in 1814.2
Maintaining in every respect the character of a country gentleman of the
olden time, the great enjoyment of Mr. Rose was to live in the bosom of his
family, and among his tenantry ; yet, at the call of his country, he was ever
ready to sacrifice all to what he deemed its paramount claim. Hence, during
the American war, he joined the Gordon Fencibles ; and towards the close of
last century he raised a company, which he commanded, in the Grant Fencibles;
and perhaps nothing can give a better idea of the affectionate regard in which
he was held by bis own dependents and neighbourhood, than the simple fact
that he raised his whole company within a week.
Mr. Rose lost his excellent and pious lady while yet in early life ; but never
afterwards formed any matrimonial connection.
Four sons and four daughters lived to be settled in life.
Jane was the wife of John Troup, Esq., of Firhall, near Nairn.
He married Miss Ame Topham, an English lady, who predeceased him a few years. Several
of their children died in infancy in India, and one son and two daughters came to this country.
The son, a very promising boy, died by a fall from a pony. Charlotte, the youngest daughter, was
married to General Sir John Burgoyne ; and Anne, the eldest, to Douglas Cheape, Esq., advocate,
and late Professor of Civil Law in the University of Edinburgh.
a Their only surviving child, John Rose Cormack, M.D., had the honour of gaining the
Barveian Prize, in 1836, by his “ Treatise on the Chemical, Medicinal, aud Physiological hoperties
of CREOSOTEil,l ustrated by experiments on the lower animals, with some considerations on the
embalmment of the Egyptians.” To his “Inaugural Dissertation on the Presence of Au in the
Organs of Circulation,” the Medical Faculty of Edinburgh awarded the prize of their gold medal, on
occasion of his receiving his Doctorate in 1837. He was chosen one of the Preidents of the Royal
Nedical Society in 1836, and of the Royal Physical Society in 1837.
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