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Baron of Kilravock is a title of nobility in the Baronage of Scotland. [3] It was created in 1293 by John Balliol for Hugh Rose of Geddes. The holders of the title Baron of Kilravock have also held the Chiefdom of Clan Rose .
Rose was born the son of Hugh Rose, 15th of Kilravock and his first wife, Margaret Campbell, daughter of Sir Hugh Campbell, 5th of Cawdor. [3] Born the son of the Chief of Clan Rose, he was a member of an ancient family who received their title from John Balliol in 1293, after inheriting their estates at Kilravock Castle in around 1290. [2]
Hugh Rose of Kilravock, the tenth Laird was known as the Black Baron, however he was in fact an extremely accomplished man. [2] Mary, Queen of Scots stayed at Kilravock Castle and afterwards wrote to him as her trusted friend. [2] The queen's son, James VI of Scotland visited Kilravock and it is said that he treated the baron like a father. [2]
Born into a strongly political family, to Hugh Rose, 20th of Kilravock and his second wife, Catherine Mackintosh of Farr. [2] The Roses were active in Highland politics, his father was Member of Parliament for Nairnshire, his great-grandfather was Member of Parliament for Ross-shire and his great-great-grandfather was one of the Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain ...
[2] [3] He inherited Kilravock on his father's death in 1687 along with the Barony of Kilravock and the Chiefdom of the Name and Arms of Clan Rose. On his father's death, the Rose estates were heavily encumbered, it was only by successive marriages to heiresses that the estates were saved and brought out of debt.
Hugh Rose, 20th Baron of Kilravock (1781–1827), was a Member of Parliament for Nairnshire and the Chief of Clan Rose. [1] He was the eldest son of Hugh Rose of Brea and Broadley and his wife Elizabeth Rose, Lady of Kilravock. Upon his mother's death in 1815, he inherited her estates and became the Clan Chief of the Roses. [2]
Rose's family seat, Kilravock Castle. 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]
In Scotland, "baron" or "baroness" is a rank of the ancient nobility of the Baronage of Scotland, a hereditary title of honour, and refers to the holder of a barony, formerly a feudal superiority (dominium directum) attached to land erected into a free barony by Crown Charter, this being the status of a minor baron, recognised by the crown as noble, but not a peer.