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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 360

Knight's Bachelor's Badge, First type breast Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarked London 1926, additionally engraved on the reverse (H.A.R. from A.N.S.C. November 1926), very fine

[K.B.] London Gazette 7 October 1919.

[D.S.O.] London Gazette 1 January 1917.

[M.I.D.] London Gazette 4 January 1917.

Hugh Arthur Rose was born at Newington Edinburgh on 8 September 1875. He was educated at Harrow School and later Trinity College Cambridge. He served with the Royal Scots during the Great War, entering the war in France on 31 January 1916. He was awarded a Distinguished Service Order and was Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War. After the war he held the positions as Food Commissioner for Scotland between 1919-20, Director of Land Settlement 1920-22, Commissioner for the Special Area and Chairman of the Board of Control for Scotland and Commissioner for Educational Endowments (Scotland). Rose was a Deputy Lieutenant for the City and County of Edinburgh, a Justice of the Peace and a Member of the Royal Company of Archers, the Sovereign's Bodyguard in Scotland. Rose was Knighted in 1919 and created the 1st Baron Rose of Leith in 1935. He was Chairman of Craig and Rose, the family run paint business which had the contract to supply paint for the Forth Rail bridge. He died on 14 August 1937 with his death being certified by Dr. A. N. S. Carmichael. Carmichael was a longstanding friend and the Rose family doctor.

The Knight Bachelor's Badge was authorised by King George V on 21 April 1926 in response to a request from the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor (ISKB) who wished to have a distinctive badge denoting their rank. The badge, although produced by the Royal Mint, was made available to Knights at their own expense.

Sold together with assorted photocopied research.

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Estimate
£350 to £450

Starting price
£280