Sir Charles Day Rose, 1st Baronet (23 August 1847 – 20 April 1913) was a

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businessman, race horse breeder, yachtsman, and

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politician. Member of parliament for Newmarket and President of the

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, he has been suggested as the inspiration for Toad in ''

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''.

Biography

Born in Montreal, he was the second son of

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. His father moved from Scotland to Canada, where he was successively

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and

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. Rose was educated at the

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and

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. He was commissioned into the Montreal Garrison Artillery, and repelled the Fenian raid of 1870. He subsequently entered business as a partner in an American bank based in the

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and part of the syndicate promoting the

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In the late 1880s and early 1890s, he was a leading horse race breeder, based at

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. His most successful horse was ''Ravensbury'', but it was overshadowed by ''

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'', owned by

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, Conservative MP for Newmarket. He was also the owner and breeder of the influential stallion Cyllene. He was elected a member of the

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in 1891. In 1893, Rose took up yachting, competing in a number of competitive events and was a member of the

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. Rose was created a baronet of "Hardwick House in the Parish of Whitchurch in the County of Oxford" on 19 July 1909. He had completed the purchase of Hardwick House shortly beforehand. Rose is said to have been one of the models for "Toad" of Toad Hall in the 1908 children's book ''

'' by

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and Grahame's illustrator E. H. Shepherd used parts of Hardwick House in his drawings. At the 1900 general election, he stood as a Liberal candidate for the Newmarket constituency, but failed to unseat the sitting

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and fellow horse breeder, Colonel Harry McCalmont. In December 1902, McCalmont died suddenly and Rose won the ensuing by-election held in January 1903. He held the seat at the 1906 election, but was defeated in January 1910. He regained the seat when a further election was held in December of the same year. Another of Sir Charles's interests was aviation, and he was president of the

. In April 1913, he was returning from a flight at

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by motor car when he died from a

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at age 65.

Family

In 1871, Rose married Eliza McClean and they had four sons and one daughter. His two eldest sons both died in the

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. His final surviving son, Frank Stanley Rose, succeeded him in the baronetcy, but died less than two years later on 26 October 1914 in the First World War. His son Charles Henry Rose (1912–1966) became the 3rd Baronet.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Charles Day 1847 births 1913 deaths People educated at Rugby School

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