Men of the Time, eleventh edition/Rose, John

​ROSE, Sir John, Bart, G.C.M.G., son of Mr. William Rose by his marriage with Miss Elizabeth Fyfe, was born in Aberdeenshire in 1820. He received his education at King's College, Aberdeen, after which he proceeded to Canada, and was called to the bar there in 1840. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1849; Solicitor-General in 1859; represented Montreal in the Parliament of Canada from 1859 to 1869; and held successively the offices of Minister of Public Works, Receiver-General, and Minister of Finance of Canada; was Commissioner for Great Britain under the treaty for the settlement of claims against the United States arising out of the Oregon treaty; became a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada in 1867; and was nominated a K.C.M.G. Jan. 18, 1870. He was created a baronet in Aug., 1872; and was nominated G.C.M.G. Oct. 29, 1878, in recognition of his services as Executive Commissioner of Canada at the Paris Exposition, and Member of the Finance Committee. Since 1869 he has been a resident of London, and through the banking-house of Messrs. Morton, Rose & Co., in which he is a partner, has acted as a financial agent of the Dominion Government, and rendered Canada many important services.

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