ROSE, GEORGE, second son of Rev. David Rose, Lethnot, Forfarshire, nonjuring clergyman, and his second wife Margaret, dau. of Donald Rose, Westerclunie [check county]; b. 17 Jun 1744; at school under Markham (Diaries and Correspondence of the Right Hon. George Rose, 1860, i, 8-9); entered Royal Navy; served as midshipman in expedition to St. Malo 1758 and in West Indies, twice wounded in action; left navy 1762; Clerk in Record Office of Exchequer; Deputy Chamberlain, Exchequer 20 May 1774 – Feb 1783; Surveyor of Green Wax Moneys 21 Jul 1775; superintended the printing of the Journals and Rolls of the House of Lords; Secretary to the Treasury Jul 1782 – Apr 1783, Dec 1783 – Mar 1801; Clerk of the Pleas, Court of Exchequer Jan 1784 – Feb 1797; MP Launceston 1784 – Jun 1788, Lymington 1 Jul 1788-90, Christchurch from 1790; Clerk of the Parliaments, House of Lords, from Jun 1788; Privy Councillor 13 Jan 1802; Vice-Pres., Board of Trade, and Joint Paymaster-Gen., 7 Jul 1804 – Feb 1806; Vice-Pres., Board of Trade, and Treasurer of the Navy 15 Apr 1807-12; Treasurer of the Navy from 1812; Trustee, British Museum, from 1804; an intimate friend and political follower of William Pitt; of considerable financial ability; author, The Proposed System of Trade with Ireland Explained, 1785, and other publications chiefly on financial subjects; his Diaries and Correspondence were published in 1860; m. 7 Jul 1769 Theodora, dau. of Maj. John Duer, Antigua, West Indies, and Fulham, Middlesex; d. 13 Jan 1818. DNB.
Ropes, Arthur John, son of Arthur Reed Ropes, Fellow of King's Coll. Cambridge, and Ethel, d. of Charles John Wood MICE; b. 28 Feb. 1909; adm. Sept. 1921 (R); left Dec. 1926; RMA Woolwich, 2nd Lieut. RA Jan. 1929, Lieut. Jan. 1932, Capt. Aug. 1938, Maj. Jan. 1946, Lieut. Col. June 1951, Col. (temp. Brig.) May 1955, retd with rank of Brigadier; despatches (Middle East) Dec. 1941, OBE Jan. 1944; m. 20 Dec. 1934 Eileen Norah Bonner of Hong Kong; d. 14 July 1962.
ROPER-CURZON, GEORGE HENRY, 16TH BARON TEYNHAM, third son of Henry Roper-Curzon, 14th Baron Teynham, and his first wife Bridget, dau. of Thomas Hawkins, Nash Court, Kent; b. 27 May 1798; adm. 11 Jan 1808; left 1813; Gentleman Cadet, Royal Artillery 24 Aug 1813; 2nd Lieut., 16 Dec 1816; retired on half-pay 3 Jan 1821; succeeded brother as 16th Baron Teynham 23 Sep 1842; m. 1st, 10 Feb 1822 Eliza, dau. of William Joynes, Sevenoaks, Kent; m. 2nd, 21 Jan 1873 Elizabeth, only dau. of William Jay; d. 26 Oct 1889.
ROPER, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1738/9.
ROPER, FRANCIS, son of Mary Roper, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1722/3 (no payment on admission, not in under school lists); apprenticed to Samuel Baldwin, Covent Garden, London, attorney 1731.
Roose, Hubert Francis Gardner, brother of Henry Edward Robson Roose (q.v.); b. Feb. 28, 1882; adm. May 2, 1895 (R); left Dec. 1897; served in Great War I; temp. Capt. R.E. July 1, 1916; a mining engineer; m. June 4, 1912, Cecily Margaret Baynes; d. April 12, 1929.
Roose, Henry Edward Robson, eldest son of Edward Charles Robson Roose, M.D., of Mayfair, by Edith, daughter of Henry Huggins; b. Oct. 6, 1871; adm. Jan. 14, 1886 (H); left July 1887; engaged in the electrical industry; m. Nov. 27, 1895, Mary Amy Florence, third daughter of M. T. Hood, of Ramsgate, Kent; d. Aug. 11, 1937.
Roose, Fitz-Roy Owen Jonathan, brother of Henry Edward Robson Roose (q.v.); b. July 22, 1880; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (R); migrated up Rigaud's; left Feb. 1896; served in Great War I; Major R.G.A. Sept. 12, 1915; served in France and Salonika; wounded at Messines June 20, 1917; mentioned in despatches L.G. June 16, 1916, and July 16, 1919; M.I.E.E. 1912; M.I. Mech. E. 1913; practised as an electrical engineer in England 1902-8, and in South America 1908-13; chief electrical engineer, P.W.D., Bombay, 1920; Lieut. R.E. July 23, 1940; Major; m. March 23, 1905, Lilian Edith, daughter of Charles Lowe, general manager of the Mashonaland Railways; d. March 13, 1952.
ROOS, GUSTAF OSCAR, younger son of Gustaf Enrenzeich Roos, Queen’s Gate Terrace, London, and Annie, dau. of George Roffey, Twickenham, Middlesex; b. 21 Aug 1868; adm. 22 Sep 1882 (H); QS 1883; left Jul 1887, with Triplett; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1887; 3rd cl. Maths (Mods) 1889, 1st cl. Jurisprudence 1889; BA 1891; 2nd cl. Civil Law 1893; BCL 1893; MA 1895; adm. solicitor Dec 1895; practised at Johannesburg, South Africa; served in Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry during South African War, and severely wounded at battle of Spion Kop 1900; Capt., 14th (Service) Battn., Yorks and Lancs Regt., 16 Nov 1915; went out to Egypt 24 Dec 1915, and to France Mar 1916; killed in action near Serre in battle of the Somme 1 Jul 1916, unm.
ROOPER, HENRY, second son of Sir Anthony Rooper, Kt, Farningham, Kent, and Ann, dau. of Sir John Cotton, Kt, Landwade, Cambs. ; b. ; at school for three years under Camden (J. Venn, Biog. Hist. of Gonville and Caius Coll. , I, 154); Gonville and Caius Coll. , adm. fellow commoner 11 Jan 1594/5, aged 18, matr. c. 1595; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Apr 1597; still living at Farningham, Kent, in 1655; m. 1st, Philippa, dau. of Henry Zouch; m. 2nd, ---.