George Henry Rose

Sir George Henry Rose GCH (1771 – 17 June 1855) was a British politician and diplomat.

Life

George Henry Rose was the eldest son of George Rose. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton from 1794 to 1813 and for Christchurch from 1818 to 1832 and 1837–44, Clerk of the Parliaments from 1818 to 1855 and sometime Envoy Extraordinary to Munich and Berlin, and to the United States in 1807–1808 in the wake of the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair. This last mission was an utter failure owing to the harsh and inflexible instructions he received from George Canning.

Family

In 1796 he married Frances Duncombe, daughter of Thomas Duncombe of Duncombe Park, Yorkshire. She was one of the wealthiest young women in the country. They had four children together:

• Major George Pitt Rose (1797–1851), married Phoebe Susanna Vesey, daughter of Major-Gen. John Agmondisham Vesey.
• Frances Theodora Rose (1798–1879), married George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton.
• Charles Philip Rose (1799–1835), died unmarried.
• Field Marshal Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn (1801–1885), died unmarried.
• Sir William Rose (1808–1885), married Hon. Sophia Maria Andalusia Thellusson, daughter of John Thellusson, 2nd Baron Rendlesham.
• Arthur Robert Rose (1811–1869)

References

• Who's Who of British members of parliament: Volume I 1832–1885, edited by Michael Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Henry Rose