Francis Rose (1650s – 20 November 1720) was a plantation owner in Jamaica. He was active in the politics of the island and was elected to serve in the

House of Assembly of Jamaica The House of Assembly was the legislature of the British colony of Jamaica. It held its first meeting on 20 January 1664 at Spanish Town. Cundall, Frank. (1915''Historic Jamaica''.London: Institute of Jamaica. p. 15. As a result of the Morant ...

multiple times, becoming speaker in 1702, and later president of the Council of Jamaica.

Early life and family

Francis Rose was born around 1653–1656 in Mickleton,

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, to the reverend Thomas Rose and his wife Francesse Rose née Fisher.Francis Rose.
Legacies of British Slave-ownership, University College London. Retrieved 3 May 2019. His brothers Thomas (1649–1679) and the physician Fulke (1644 – c. 1694) were resident in Jamaica, his brother John was a merchant in London, and William was an

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who gave his name to the legal case of '' Rose v Royal College of Physicians'' (1701–1703).Clark, George. (1964–66)
A History of the Royal College of Physicians of London
'. 2 Vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 476–479 extracted in Peter Elmer & Ole Peter Grell (Eds.) (2004). ''Health, Disease and Society in Europe, 1500–1800: A Sourcebook''. Manchester: Manchester University Press. pp. 346–348. . In 1688, Fulke Rose, with

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, was one of the physicians who attended the former

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for his various ailments."The Doctor and the Buccaneer: Sir Hans Sloane's Case History of Sir Henry Morgan, Jamaica, 1688"
by Richard B. Sheridan, '' Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences'', Vol. 41, No. 1 (January 1986), pp. 76–87. Francis Rose married Elizabeth Coxon and they had children, Elizabeth (1683–), Thomas (1689–1724), and Francis.

Career

Rose's plantations included Burton's in Saint Thomas, Bagnall's Thicket (later known as The Decoy), Savanna (Old Works), and Rose Hall (New Works); he also owned two houses in the then capital of Spanish Town and land in

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. He was active in Jamaican politics, representing Saint Thomas-in-the-Vale in the

in 1693 and 1698, and the parish of Saint Catherine in assemblies of 1701 and 1702. In 1702 he was elected speaker of the house.Monumental Inscriptions St. Catherine, Cathedral.
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''Historic Jamaica''.
London: Institute of Jamaica. pp. xv-xvii. He also represented

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parish in the assembly and in 1703 joined the Council of Jamaica, subsequently becoming its president, a position he held until his death.

Death

Rose died on 20 November 1720. He was buried at Saint Catherine Parish Church (Spanish Town Cathedral) where a monumental inscription notes his death in his 67th year. Other inscriptions nearby note the burial of his son Thomas and of other family members as well as family connections to Francis Price who served as a captain in the British Army under Venables during the capture of Jamaica from the Spanish in 1655 and Lieutenant Colonel "Rose, also one of the conquerors of that Island, and the scion of an ancient family long settled in the counties of Dorset, and Gloucester."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Francis 1650s births Year of birth uncertain 1720 deaths People from Mickleton, Gloucestershire British emigrants to the British Empire Speakers of the House of Assembly of Jamaica

Early life and family

Career

Death

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