Rose.

                          - The Highland Roses -

     Are of Kilravock County on Nairn, were settled there in the 

time of Alexander III A. D. 1241 -- 1285, the name was also spelt

Ross.  Hugh Rose of Geddes who died about 130? A. D. by 

marriage with the heiress of the Bysets, ( see note 1 ) acquired the

lands of Kilravock and had a crown charter of the barony from

King John < Baliol ).  From that period the estate has descended

linealy to the present proprietor; and what is uncommon, every

link of the pedigree is proved by documents among the public

records, or on the family charter chest.   In 1460 Hugh Rose then

of Kilravock, by a license from the Lord of the Isles, built the

present Castle which stands on the banks of the river Nairn. 

The Baron of Kilravock in law used a seal with the family arms, 

with the inscription "S. Hugonis Ros Baronis". A style very

unusual in Scotland, but which seems to have been adopted by 

many of the Lairds of Kilravock. The Hugh Rose of 1460 married 

Loir daughter of Malcolm MacKintosh and had three sons, Hugh 

his heir ( Captain of the Clan Chattan  ) Alexander Progenitor of the

Roses of Holme ( see note 3. ) and William.

     Hugh Rose served heir to his