land. Educated
there. In 1836 emigrated to Canada, and served during the Rebellion of
1837. Studied law; called to the bar, 1842, and practised in Montreal
for several years. A member of the Legislative Assembly, 1857-1861;
solicitor-general for Lower Canada, 1857-1858; and commissioner of
public works, 1859-1861. Appointed a commissioner for the settlement of
claims under the Oregon Treaty, 1864. Minister of finance in first
Dominion government. In 1870 sent by the British government on a mission
to the United States, which led to the treaty of Washington. Made
K.C.M.G., 1870; created a baronet, 1872; privy councillor, 1886;
G.C.M.G., 1878. =Index=: =C= Goes to England with Cartier and Galt, in
connection with Confederation, 57; Montreal banquet to, 92. =H= Sir John
Macdonald asks Joseph Howe to discuss financial terms of Nova Scotia
with, 215; confers with Howe and A. W. McLellan at Portland, 223. =E=
Signs Annexation Manifesto, 81. =Md= Succeeds Galt as finance minister,
136; resigns a year later, 136; letter to, from Macdonald, on Riel,
160-161; also on Washington Treaty, 184-185. =T= Goes to England with
Cartier and Galt, 63; succeeds Galt as minister of finance, 130. =Bib.=:
_Dict. Nat. Biog._; Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last
Forty Years_.

=Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of= (1847- ). Born in London.
Educated at Eton and Oxford. In 1881-1883 under-secretary for the home
office; in 1885 lord privy seal; and later chief commissioner of works;
secretary for foreign affairs in Gladstone's administration, 1886 and
1892-1894. Became prime minister, 1894, on the retirement of Gladstone.
=Index=: =Md= Secretary of state for foreign affairs, 332; his speech at
unveiling of bust of Macdonald in St. Paul's Cathedral, 332-333. =Bib.=:
_Who's Who_.

=Rosee, Jean.= =Ch= Director of Company of New France, 170; agent of
Company of New France, 244.

=Ross, Major.= =Hd= Of the 34th Regiment, devastates large section of
country, 157; retakes Oswego, 157. =S= Leads Queen's Rangers in battle
of Monmouth, 29.

=Ross, Alexander.= Joined Astor's Pacific Fur Company in 1810, having
probably been previously engaged as a clerk in the service of the North
West Company. Sailed in the _Tonquin_ to the mouth of the Columbia,
where Astoria was built in 1811. Left Pacific Fur Company and joined
North West Company, 1814; stationed at Fort George (Astoria) and Fort
Okanagan, 1811-1816; transferred to Kamloops, 1816