William Baillie Rose of Rhynie

Partner with Nathaniel Winter and Tully Higgins, in a partnership dissolved in 1797. The firm was implicated in the scandal surrounding Valentine Jones' actions as Commissary General in the Caribbean.

1. The Petition to HM King George III for the establishment of Tain Royal Academy in 1807 lists William Baillie Rose of Rhynie as being a subscriber of £50 and upwards towards "defraying the expense of erecting building and endowing an Academy".

Ninth Report of the Commissioners of Public Inquiry (published 1809), pp. 287-288, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AAc-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA288&lpg=PA288&dq=%22william+baillie+rose%22&source=bl&ots=tk7DF_Ia53&sig=gGE96Co69aze8EI09LWyq1GGW4Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj20Ynr3o_bAhVMIsAKHYASCpIQ6AEIUjAJ#v=onepage&q=william%20baillie%20rose&f=false [accessed 18/05/2018]; Howell and Howell (eds.) A Complete Collection of State Trials, Vol. XXXIII (1826), Addenda to the Case against Valentine Jones Esq., 49 Geo III pp. 1567 et seq.

1. Petition to George III for the establishment of Tain Royal Academy in 1807, facsimile of the Petition in the possession of Councillor Derek Louden.

We are grateful to Derek Louden for his assistance with compiling this entry.