Arthur Rose (also found as Ross; 1634–1704) was a Scottish minister,

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, and, informally, the first Episcopal Primate of Scotland, after the fall of the

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in 1689.

Life

The younger son of Elizabeth Wood and her husband, John Rose, minister of

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, he was born in 1634. Graduating from

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on 9 July 1652, he chose to follow his father's church career, and on 5 April 1655, he received his licence from the presbytery of

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, obtaining the parish of Kinearny in the following year. Rose's position in the church improved when he was moved to the nearby parish of

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in Autumn 1663. In the following year he became

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of Marischal College, his alma mater, and later in the same year was given control of St Mungo's,

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, after being persuaded by Alexander Burnet, then

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. In 1675 he became

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, while retaining control of the St Mungo's

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. On 5 September 1679, he was translated to the

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, having been elected as

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earlier in the year. However, Rose was not to be Bishop of Galloway for long, for in October of the same year he succeeded Burnet as Archbishop of Glasgow. Five years later he succeeded Alexander Burnet again, this time after the latter's death rather than promotion. Rose was formally installed as

and

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on 25 December 1684. Rose was Archbishop until on 22 July 1689, when

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abolished all prelates in Scotland. He continued discreetly as an

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, remaining informally the primate until his death on 13 June 1704. He died at Campbell's Close in

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, and was buried in the graveyard of the church of

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References

* Clarke, Tristram, "Ross , Arthur (1634–1704)", in the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 200
, retrieved 1 May 2007
* Keith, Robert, ''An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688'', (London, 1824) {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Arthur 1634 births 1704 deaths Roman Catholic archbishops of Glasgow Archbishops of St Andrews Bishops of Argyll Bishops of Galloway (Church of Scotland) Chancellors of the University of Glasgow Chancellors of the University of St Andrews Rectors of the University of Aberdeen Scottish Restoration bishops Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1678 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1681–1682 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1685–1686 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1689