ROSS, DAVID, son of Alexander Ross, Gray’s Inn, London, previously Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh; b. 1 May 1728; adm. Jun 1739 (Hawkins'); Min. Can. 1743; left 1743; went on the stage; actor at the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin 1749-51, Drury Lane 1754-6, Covent Garden 1757-67; patentee and manager of the theatre at Edinburgh, which he opened 9 Dec 1767 with the play The Earl of Essex, the first play legally performed in Scotland; reappeared at Covent Garden 10 Oct 1770; made his last appearance in the season 1777-8; his best parts as an actor were Castalio, Essex, Young Knowell, and George Barnwell; a close friend of James Boswell, who was chief mourner at his funeral (Letters of Boswell to Temple, 273); said to have married the celebrated Fanny Murray (John Taylor, Records of My Life, 1832, i, 362-6); d. 15 Sep 1790. DNB.
Rosing, Valerian, son of Vladimir Rosing, singer, and Maria Falle; b. 21 Feb. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1924; an artist; m. 12 Apr. 1932 Meriel, d. of Robert Moss; d. 14 June 1969.
ROSINDALE, ---; b.; at school in 1567-8; a pensioner (tutor, Prebendary Watts) (Chapter Muniments 54016-8).
Rosenfeld, Frank Laurie, son of Laurie Rosenfeld of Bayswater and Ray Dora, d. of Henry Wilenski of Bournemouth; b. 23 June 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (A); left Dec. 1930; RA in WW2 (Capt.); a co. director; m. 27 Jan. 1955 Sara, d. of Jacob Kut; d. 21 May 2001.
ROSE, WILLIAM RICHARD SMITH, second son of William Grant Rose, Principal Committee Clerk, House of Commons, and Frances Davies (IGI); b. 21 May 1813; adm. 7 May 1828 (Stikeman's); extra clerk, Fees Office, House of Commons 1832, Third Clerk, Public Bill Office 1839, Second Clerk 1843, Assistant Clerk 1849, Senior Clerk 1860, Principal Clerk 1864-86; d. unm. at Nice, France 5 Jan 1905.
Rose, Thomas Whateley, seventh son of Frederick Rose, of Hampstead, by Mary Elizabeth, daughter of John Black, of Earls Court; b. May 10, 1877; adm. Sept. 26, 1889 (H); left April 1894; London Univ.; Lieut. Royal Sussex Regt. March 30, 1908; retired Feb. 10, 1910; adm. a solicitor March 1903, and practised as a barrister and solicitor in Western Australia; returned home in Dec. 1914 and rejoined his Regt. as 2nd Lieut. Feb. 18, 1915; temp. Lieut. June 11, 1915; temp. Capt. March 2, 1916; served in France, Belgium, and Italy; wounded Oct. 11, 1916, and twice afterwards; mentioned in despatches L.G. Feb. 20, 1919; M.C. Jan. 1, 1917; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; Italian Silver Medal for Valour; resumed his profession in Australia; m. Feb. 2, 1910, Isabel Emma, daughter of Frederick Savage, of Marden, Kent; d. Dec. 20, 1927.
ROSE, PHILIP DAVIES, brother of William Richard Smith Rose (qv); b. 15 May 1818; adm. 18 Jan 1830 (as Rose, Philip David); adm. to King’s Coll. Sch. 1832 (as Rose, Philip Davies); of Babbacombe, Devon; d. Victoria, Australia 23 Feb 1905. [perhaps m. Laura Osborn (IGI)]
Rose, Michael Brian, son of Lewis Rose and Celia, d. of H. Harris of Edgware, Middlesex; b. 2 May 1935; adm. Sept. 1948 (B); left July 1952; a co. dir.; m. 5 Oct. 1961 Linda Joy, d. of East Saville of Maida Vale; d. 15 Dec. 1976.
ROSE, SIR GEORGE, eldest son of James Rose, Tooley Street, Southwark, Surrey, lighterman, and Elizabeth Ferns, Tarlogie, Ross-shire; b. 1 May 1782; adm. Sep 1793; KS 1797; played cricket v. Eton at Lord’s 31 Jul 1800; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1801, adm. pens. 14 May 1801, scholar 30 Apr 1802, but left university through want of means and did not graduate; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 5 May 1809, Bencher 1827, Treasurer 1835; Northern Circuit; specialised in bankruptcy cases; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 Feb 1824; KC Trinity 1827; a Judge of Court of Review 5 Dec 1831 – Dec 1840; knighted 7 Dec 1831; Master in Chancery 7 Dec 1840 – 1 Feb 1858; chairman, Law Fire Insurance Co., 1845-69, director to death; FRS 5 Jun 1834; hon. MA Cambridge 1835; a well-known wit and epigrammatist; author, Reports of Cases in Bankruptcy decided by Lord Eldon, 1812-6, An Enquiry into the Nature of Trading as a Scrivener, 1813; m. 24 Apr 1821 Mary Anne, dau. of Capt. Robert Pouncy, EI Maritime Service; d. 3 Dec 1873. DNB.