Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn

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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of India

Battle of Alma, the Battle of Inkerman and at the Battle of Mamelon during the Crimean War. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857 Rose was given command of the Central Indian Field Force and was successful at the battle of Jhansi in April 1858, at Lahar in May 1858 and at Gwalior in June 1858. He went on to be Commander of the Bombay Army, Commander-in-Chief, India and then Commander-in-Chief, Ireland
.

Early life

Born the third son of

lieutenant-colonel on 17 September 1839.[9]

Syria

In November 1840 Rose was sent, as one of a group of British military advisers, to

Ottoman Porte that the Russian attempt to force a secret treaty upon Turkey was foiled.[11][8] He was promoted to brevet colonel on 11 November 1851.[13]

Crimean War

Promoted to the substantive rank of colonel on 11 June 1852, Rose became the British commissioner at the headquarters of the

major-general on 12 December 1854.[14]

Indian Rebellion of 1857

Main article: Indian Rebellion of 1857

Following the outbreak of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 Rose was given command of the Poona division.[14] He arrived in September 1857, and shortly after took command of the newly created Central Indian Field Force made up mostly of sepoys and elements of the army maintained by the Nizam of Hyderabad.[16] He marched from Mhow in January 1858, captured Rahatgarh after a short siege, defeated the Raja of Banapur near Baroda, relieved the City of Saugor, captured the fortress at Garhakota and then defeated the rebels in the Madanpur pass.[11][1]

Rose arrived at

Rani Lakshmibai, who had defended the fort, made an escape to Kalpi.[19] Rose went on to capture Lahar, Konch and Kalpi in May 1858.[14]

Hugh Rose, sitting third from left, with John Lawrence, Viceroy of India and other council members. c. 1864

Rose then obtained sick leave and

lieutenant-general for his "eminent services" on 28 February 1860 and the next month was appointed commander-in-chief of the Bombay Army.[14] He was promoted to the local rank of general on 18 May 1860[20] and on the departure of Lord Clyde from India in November 1860 Rose succeeded him as Commander-in-Chief, India.[11][14]

Later life and legacy

Sandhills, Christchurch, Dorset, Rose's summer residence

Rose was made an honorary

Trinity College, Dublin when he retired from the Irish Command in 1870.[11] [3] Back in England he lived in retirement at Newsells Park in Hertfordshire.[24] Rose was keen on horses and had an obelisk erected there in memory of his favourite charger which he had ridden during the Indian Rebellion.[25]

Statue of Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn at Griggs Green (originally positioned in Knightsbridge)

Rose also served as colonel of the

45th Regiment of Foot (1858–66),[26] of the 26th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps,[27] of the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (1866–69)[23] and then of the Royal Horse Guards (1869–85).[23]

He was promoted to

equestrian bronze statue, by E. Onslow Ford, RA, was erected to his memory at Knightsbridge, London;[11] it was removed and put in storage in 1931. In 1964 it was privately purchased and is now located at Griggs Green in Hampshire.[29] There is also a memorial to him in St Paul's Cathedral. [30]

Family

Rose was brother to

Sir William Rose and the Countess of Morton. He never married and never had any children.[23]

Honours

Rose's honours included:

  1. Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) – 6 July 1858[31] (KCB – 16 October 1855;[32] CB – 23 February 1842[33]
    )
  2. Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI) (KSI – 25 June 1861[34]
    )
  3. Prussian Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (Prussia) – 6 March 1849[35]
  4. Legion of Honour, 3rd Class (France) – 2 August 1856[36]
  5. Order of the Medjidie, 3rd Class (Ottoman Empire) – 2 March 1858[37]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24093. Retrieved 30 November 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Heathcote, p. 253
  3. ^ a b c "Rose, Hugh Henry (RS819HH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ "No. 17615". The London Gazette. 15 July 1820. p. 1379.
  5. ^ "No. 17765". The London Gazette. 17 November 1821. p. 2256.
  6. ^ "No. 18326". The London Gazette. 19 January 1827. p. 132.
  7. ^ "No. 18560". The London Gazette. 20 March 1829. p. 526.
  8. ^ a b c d Gilliat, p. 333
  9. ^ "No. 19771". The London Gazette. 20 September 1839. p. 1793.
  10. ^ "No. 19915". The London Gazette. 17 November 1840. p. 2612.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Vetch, Robert Hamilton (1911). "Strathnairn, Hugh Henry Rose, 1st Baron". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 1001–1002.
  12. ^ "No. 21170". The London Gazette. 10 January 1851. p. 51.
  13. ^ "No. 21262". The London Gazette. 11 November 1851. p. 2967.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i Heathcote, p. 254
  15. ^ "No. 21542". The London Gazette. 14 April 1854. p. 1169.
  16. ^ Jerosch, ch. 10
  17. ^ David, p. 357
  18. ^ Gilliat, p. 341
  19. ^ a b Gilliat, p. 344
  20. ^ "No. 22387". The London Gazette. 18 May 1860. p. 1920.
  21. ^ "No. 22988". The London Gazette. 7 July 1865. p. 3434.
  22. ^ "No. 23146". The London Gazette. 31 July 1866. p. 4298.
  23. ^ a b c d e f Heathcote, p. 255
  24. ^ "Newsells, Barkway". Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  25. ^ "Newsells Park Stud". Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  26. ^ "No. 22168". The London Gazette. 30 July 1858. p. 3553.
  27. ^ "No. 23004". The London Gazette. 22 August 1865. p. 4103.
  28. ^ "No. 24467". The London Gazette. 2 June 1877. p. 3497.
  29. ^ "Section 5: Liphook to Liss" (PDF). Hampshire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  30. Sinclair, W.
    p. 460: London; Chapman & Hall, Ltd; 1909
  31. ^ "No. 22159". The London Gazette. 6 July 1858. p. 3177.
  32. ^ "No. 21799". The London Gazette. 16 October 1855. p. 3797.
  33. ^ "No. 20075". The London Gazette. 25 February 1842. p. 532.
  34. ^ "No. 22523". The London Gazette. 25 June 1861. p. 2622.
  35. ^ "No. 20953". The London Gazette. 6 March 1849. p. 754.
  36. ^ "No. 21909". The London Gazette. 4 August 1856. p. 2701.
  37. ^ "No. 22107". The London Gazette. 2 March 1858. p. 1252.

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Military Offices

Military offices
Preceded by C-in-C, Bombay Army
1860 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, India
1861–1865 		Succeeded by
The Lord Sandhurst
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Ireland
1865–1870 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards
1869–1885 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Sir John MacDonald
 Colonel of the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
1866–1869 		Succeeded by
John Campbell
Preceded by
Sir Thomas Brabazon Aylmer
 Colonel of the
45th (the Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot

1858–1866 		Succeeded by
Thomas Armstrong Drought
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation
Baron Strathnairn

1866–1885 		Extinct
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