| Honorific-Prefix: | Lt Col | ||||
| Hugh Rose 24th Baron of Kilravock | |||||
| Birth Date: | 1863 8, df=y | ||||
| Birth Place: | Kilravock Castle, Nairnshire, Scotland | ||||
| Death Place: | Kilravock Castle, Nairnshire, Scotland | ||||
| Children: | 3 | ||||
| Father: | James Rose, 23rd of Kilravock | ||||
| Mother: | Anna Maria Twemlow | ||||
| Education: | Wellington College RMC, Sandhurst | ||||
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Lt Col Hugh Rose, 24th Baron of Kilravock (1863–1946) was a decorated British Army officer serving in the Black Watch, rising to become Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Battalion, Black Watch.[1] Rose was also the Chief of Clan Rose and a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace of the County of Nairn.[2]
Rose was born at Kilravock Castle on 10 August 1863, the son of Major James Rose, 23rd of Kilravock and Anna Maria Twemlow, the daughter of General George Twemlow.[2] He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and went on to go to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1]
Following Sandhurst, Rose commissioned into the Black Watch and served from 1884 to 1885 in the Nile Expedition, for which he was awarded the Egypt Medal with two clasps and the Bronze Star.[1] In 1890, Rose was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Nairn.[2] In 1899 Rose was appointed Justice of the Peace of the County of Nairn.[2] From 1901 to 1902 Rose served in the Second Boer War and was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with four claps.[1] Rose inherited the title Baron of Kilravock along with the position of Chief of Clan Rose on his father's death on 30 March 1909.[3] Rose also served in the First World War in which he was Mentioned in Despatches four times during that conflict and in 1916 was awarded the Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.[1] [3] He was also awarded the Order of Agricultural Merit by the French in 1917.[2] [3] Rose ended the war as a Lieutenant Colonel and commander of the 1st Battalion of the Black Watch.[2] Following the First World War, Rose retired to his home in Nairnshire, Kilravock Castle.
Rose married, Ruth Antoinette Guillemard, daughter of Walter George Guillemard of Malverleys, Hampshire, on 21 October 1920, they had three children:[2]
Rose died at Kilravock Castle on 22 February 1946 aged 82, having outlived his son, Hugh, Master of Kilravock, his titles and estate went to his daughter, Anna.[2]