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Marshall and Rose Pianos

Sir Joseph Herbert Marshall was initially a bookseller before becoming a piano manufacturer. He founded the Leicester Philharmonic Choir in 1886. He was also a concert impresario, one who promoted concerts with famous soloists, and was knighted in 1905. In 1897 he became Mayor of Leicester after being on the town council since 1888. During his term as Mayor, he raised £10,000 for the Leicester Royal Infirmary Fund and this is why he was knighted in 1905.

The following is taken from Alfred Dolge’s book “the “Music Trade Association of Great Britain” was organised in March 1886, with Sir Herbert Marshall as president. (He wasn’t knighted at this stage). The principal object of this association is “to extend a watchful regards over all matters affecting the retail trade and to give timely information to the members” and further “to hold conferences for the interchange of views on questions of general trade interest, and generally to co-operate and take such combined action in defence of the just interests of the retail trade as may be found needful”.

The piano manufacturing firm was established in 1907 and it seems that Mr Rose (cannot locate his first name – see below) left the company early on, possibly in 1909. One source states that he started piano production in 1875 and that he also became a pioneer of the hire-purchase scheme. If you look at the British Archives details, the fact that Marshall and Rose started the piano manufacturing company in 1907 is borne out. In the 1881 Census he is a bookseller, in 1891 he is a pianoforte and musical instrument dealer, in 1901 he is a Magistrate and a musical instrument dealer however by the 1911 Census he lists himself as a pianoforte manufacturer. By 1907 he had opened a branch in Wigmore St, London. In 1909 he entered into a contract that gave his company exclusive representation of the Angelus, an early type of piano player mechanism. A piano was supplied to King Edward VII that was fitted with the Angleus player.

In 1911 Marshall’s two sons Ernest and Herbert joined the firm, thus becoming known as “Sir Herbert Marshall & Sons Ltd”.

During WW2, the company joined Whelpdale, Maxwell and Codd and the pianos were manufactured at the Clapham factory. However, as the war progressed, the company began producing fabricated wooden parts from aircraft parts to wheels for gun carriages, to actual planes themselves. Shortly after the war, Marshall and Rose was bought by Whelpdale, Maxwell and Codd.

Sir Herbert Marshall is buried in Welford Road Cemetery in Leicester. In his will he left £47748 18s 8d.

In September 2023 I received an email from an Auckland resident who was able to help me with the name, George D Rose. This person owns a Marshall and Rose piano which was bought by their great-grandfather in 1924.

In 1893 the Music Trade Review writes about the death of Mr H. Fowler Broadwood. It states “you will regret to learn of the decease of Mr Henry F. Broadwood, formerly of Broadwood and Son which occurred on July 8th at Horsham. Mr Broadwood was born of June 6th, 1811 and thus passed away at the grand old age of eighty-two. He was the grandson of the first Broadwood, and in his time was successful in a marked degree as a pianomaker. No man took more delight in his art than did the deceased, and to his talents and experiments are due many of the best features of the modern Broadwood piano. Mr Broadwood was the first to discover and bring out Mr A. J. Hipkins, of whose abilities as an expert in piano tone and construction he always expressed a pronounced and warm admiration. He was an educated gentleman of ripe, artistic and scholarly tastes, and always maintained close and fraternal relations with the employees of Broadwood in every department. The business of Broadwood and Sons will now be carried on by Henry and James Broadwood and Frederick and George Rose.

Three generations of the Rose family were associated with John Broadwood and Sons, and although there is conflicting information on this subject, were partners in the firm. George Thomas Rose and Frederick Rose became partners in 1857, (another account said 1861) and George Daniel Rose, son of Frederick Rose joined in 1883. George Thomas and Frederick were the sons of Daniel Giles Rose who worked at the Broadwood company. Possibly on the death of James H.S. Broadwood in 1911, George Daniel Rose left the company or even a few years before James Broadwood’s death. It is hard to ascertain exactly when George Daniel Rose joined Marshall and Rose, but one would assume it was at the beginning of the firm commencing piano production. With his father’s death in 1904 he would have had an inheritance that he may have used by investing in Marshall and Rose as well as possibly money of his own. He may have also inherited some money from his Aunt Eliza’s estate in 1908. George Daniel Rose was the president of the “Piano Manufacturers Association” which had as its object: “To promote and protect various interests of the music trade generally, to promote and support or oppose legislative or other measures affecting the aforesaid interests; to secure the more economical and effectual winding up of the estates of bankrupts or insolvent debtors; to endeavour to secure prosecution for fraudulent debtors, and to undertake, if requested by both parties, settlement by arbitration”.

It is interesting to note that George Daniel Rose, along with Sir J. Herbert Marshall and his two sons Ernest and Herbert Marshall are listed on the register for the Lodge of Fidelity in April 1910. All of them are listed as piano manufacturers and Rose’s age is 53 years old.

There is a 1911 article in the Music Trade Review concerning George D. Rose. The article is headed “Prominent English Piano Manufacturer Who is on His Way to Australia to Take Charge of the of the Piano Plant of Beale and Co. Speaks of Conditions in the Antipodes – Showing Some Australian Hardwoods That will Interest the Trade – Says there is a Great Future in the Australian Piano Business – Will Visit Many Leading Piano Concerns in the United States Before Sailing from Vancouver of January 24th – Discusses Conditions in Great Britian with the Review”.

George Daniel Rose, obtained from the NSW State Library.

The article begins by stating that George D. Rose had recently resigned from the well-known house of Sir Herbert Marshall and Sons & Rose, London for the purpose of the taking over the management of the large piano factory of Beale and Co, Ltd, Sydney, NSW. George was accompanied by his son, Frederick A. Rose who was an engineer as he was considering moving to Australia as well. George Rose says that the conditions “are especially favourable for the selling of pianos as the general run of wages are very high and the cost of living relatively low, and the average man is in a position to invest in such an instrument without denying himself to any extent”.

The Beale factory in Sydney made all the parts that went into the building of their pianos. George Rose goes on to talk about the British piano manufacturing business “the general situation at the present time in the music trade of Great Britain is of a satisfactory nature, and although the Germans still control a good proportion of the cheaper trade, the British manufacturers are more than holding their own in the medium and high-grade lines and are in fact gaining ground in the lower end of the trade. The player-piano proposition is growing steadily and rapidly as the various mechanisms are improved. About three years ago Sir Herbert Marshall and Sons & Rose built a new factory for the purpose of meeting the increased demands for their product and practically the entire facilities of the new plant have been devoted to the installing of the Angelus players in high-grade pianos. Sir Herbert Marshall Sons & Rose have the sole agency for the Anglelus in Great Britain and have found it to be one of the most successful factors of the business. Despite the unsettled conditions in certain labour circles, the piano business as a whole during the past year has been of a healthy volume and has shown a considerable increase over 1910”.

In the last part of the article, it states “as mentioned in The Review recently, Mr Rose was tendered a farewell dinner by the members of the British Pianoforte Manufacturers’ Association of which he is an ex-president and was presented with a handsomely engraved silver loving cup as a mark of esteem in which he is held by his fellow members of the British trade”.

The Kalggorlie Miner of 27th December 1911 writes the following “Famous British Piano Maker Joins Australian Firm. Mr George D, Rose, who has been the president of the British Piano Manufacturers’ Association for the past 12 years in London, and for many years a partner and the factory manager for Messrs. John Broadwood and Son, London is coming to Australia as factory manager to join Messrs. Beale and Co., the well-known Australian piano makers. He represents the third generation in piano builders, both his father and grandfather having occupied similar positions with Messrs. Broadwood; in fact the family have been connected with that firm sincie 1804. In addition Mr Rose has, in the past few years, until recently, been director of Sir Herbert Marshall, Sons and Rose, another London piano house. On his way out to Australia Mr Rose will inspect once again the leading European and American piano factories, and will have every opportunity of adding to his already extensive knowledge of the craft. He trained under his father in the English piano factories, and later spent some years on the Continent in the factories of Bord of Paris, Schiedmayer of Stuttgart and Blunther of Liepzig. He also made visits to the United States to study the practice of American piano makers. Mr Rose has made a thorough study of the underlying principles which govern the production of tone in relation to the construction of the piano. He is, as an English musical journal recently remarked ‘acknowledged to be one of the greatest exponents of the art of piano-making in the world’. In Mr Rose Beale and Co. have associated with themselves a gentleman famous among the world’s piano builders, and one who will help to make their well-known name still more favourably known. The aim of the firm has always been to provide the public with the highest quality, and they intend to pursue this policy with equally energy in the future.

Daniel Giles Rose

Born 21st August 1790 and baptised 12th September 1790, father Daniel and mother Elizabeth, occupation plumber.

1811 – witnesses John Broadwood’s will.

Married by licence Mary Ann Thomas, by consent of her father Cordall Thomas. Married St James Westminster, 13th April 1820.

Daughter Mary Ann Rose baptised at St Mary-le-bone 1821 August 24th, father Daniel Giles and mother Mary Ann, occupation gentleman. Born 16th March 1821. Died young perhaps.

Son George Thomas Rose baptised at St Mary-le-bone 1823 28th March, father Daniel Giles and mother Mary Ann, occupation gentleman. Born 23rd January 1823.

Daughter Frances Eleanor is baptised at St John, Margate on the 23rd August 1825, father Daniel Giles and mother Mary Ann. Possibly died young. Not sure why she was baptised in Margate.

Son baptised Frederick 1828 4th September St Pancras, father Daniel Giles and mother Mary Ann, living at Pratt Place, Camden Town, occupation gentleman. Born 12th August 1828.

Son Henry Cordell baptised Saint Pancras 1830 7th March, father Daniel Giles and mother Mary Ann, residence Pratt Place, occupation gentleman. Born 11th November 1829. Died 29th November 1830.

Daughter Eliza baptised 19th February 1832 St James Westminster, father Daniel Giles and mother Mary Ann, occupation gentleman. Address Harrow.

Daughter Helen baptised 19th February 1834 at St James Westminster, father Daniel Giles and mother Mary Ann, occupation gentleman. Address Harrow.

Daughter Mary Ann born 1836 (see 1871 Census)

Helen married 10.8.1867 to George Waters Davis, a merchant by licence. Her father is listed as Daniel Giles Rose and three of her siblings are witnesses, Mary Ann, Eliza and George Thomas. Her address at the time of her marriage was Wandsworth. She most probably emigrated to Sydney, NSW.

Daughter Louisa baptised Paddington 1838 April 25th, father Daniel Giles and mother Mary Ann, living 8 Church St, Paddington, occupation gentleman. Born 20th Marh 1838. Possibly she emigrated to Sydney, NSW.

1838 in December 1938 Daniel Giles Rose is called as a witness in a fraud case. He is described as the confidential manager for Messers Broadwood and Son.

Daughter Annie Rose - baptised St James, Paddington 14th April 1841, father Daniel Giles and mother Mary Ann. Born 12th December 1840. Probably died young.

1841 Census – cannot find the family in this Census.

Died 24th December 1849, buried 1st January 1850, aged 59 years old, address 8 Old Church St, Paddington Green.

In his will he discusses his wife Mary Ann, his two sons George Thomas and Frederick and his five daughters Emily, Eliza, Helen, Mary Ann and Louisa.

1851 Census Mary Ann Rose aged 50 years old, a proprietor of houses, is living in Paddington with six of her children, George Thomas aged 28 years, pianoforte maker’s clerk, Emily aged 24 years, Frederick aged 22 years who seems to be working for a pianoforte manufacturer, Eliza aged 19 years, Helen aged 17 years, Mary Ann aged 15 years and Louisa aged 13 years. Mary Ann and Louisa are being educated at home.

1861 Census implies that Mary Ann Rose died between 1851 and 1861.

George Thomas Rose

1861 Census George T. Rose, aged 38 years old, a master pianoforte maker is living in Lambeth with this four sisters Eliza aged 29 years old, Ellen (Helen) aged 27 years old, Mary aged 24 years old and Louisa aged 23 years old. All are unmarried.

1871 Census George T. Rose, aged 48 years old, a pianoforte maker is living at 3 Wimbledon Park Road, Wandsworth. He is living with three of his sisters, Emily aged 44, Eliza aged 39 and Mary Ann aged 35. All are unmarried.

1881 Census George T. Rose, pianoforte manufacturer, aged 58 years old is living at 13 Altenburg Gardens, Battersea with his two sisters Eliza aged 49 years and Mary A aged 45 years. They are all unmarried.

1891 Census George T Rose, living on own means aged 68 years old is living at 24 Rosary Gardens, Kensington with his sister Eliza aged 59 years who is also living on her own means. Both are unmarried.

Probate granted 15th April 1893 to Eliza Rose spinster and George Daniel Rose pianoforte manufacturer. Died 2nd March 1893, address 24 Rosary Gardens, South Kensington, London. Effects £32645 14s 10d. Occupation listed as esquire.

According to one account he was a Broadwood partner and the accountant for the business.

Frederick Rose

Married 1855 Mary Elizabeth Black

Son George Daniel baptised 16th June 1857 at St James Westminster, father Frederick and mother Mary Elizabeth, occupation pianoforte maker. Address Pulteney St.

1871 Census Frederick Rose aged 42 years and his wife Mary E are living at 28 Page St, St John, Westminster. He is a pianoforte maker employing 451 men and 100 boys.

They have 6 children, Algernon 1859, Florence 1861, Frederick 1863, Bertha 1866, John F 1869 and Daniel G 1879 (he is aged 10 months). Not sure where George Daniel is aged 14.

1881 Census Frederick Rose aged 52 years and his wife Mary E are living at 28 Page St, St John, Westminster. He is a pianoforte manufacturer, partner in Broadwood employing 629 men and 67 boys. They have eight children George D aged 24, foreman to piano manufacturer, Algernon S aged 22, clerk to pianoforte manufacturer, Frederick aged 18, apprentice to mechanical engineer, Bertha aged 15 scholar, John F aged 12 scholar, Daniel aged 10 scholar, Mary aged 7 scholar and Thomas W aged 4. Their house is next door to the Westminster Marble Factory. Also living with them are George Daniel Rose and his family. Not sure where Florence aged 20 years is.

1884 Florence Rose, daughter of Frederick Rose marries Sheridan Delepine (George Daniel Rose’s brother-in-law) on 23rd January 1884. Frederick is a pianoforte manufacturer, and the witnesses are Frederick, Mary, Eliza (Florence’s aunt) and Algernon Rose. Sheridan Delepine is a physician.

1890 In the Devon and Exeter Gazette dated the 30th December 1890 there is a lengthy article concerning a Broadwood Christmas party held at the Westminster Town Hall. There were 1000 people present, there was a huge Christmas cake in the shape of a grand piano, there were numerous games for the children, the Drum and Fife Band of the Scots Guard played, there was a gigantic Christmas tree and the children received presents appropriate for their age. Frederick Rose was present at the party.

1891 Census Frederick Rose aged 62 years, pianoforte manufacturer and his wife Mary E are living in Streathem. Their son Daniel G aged 20 years is an apprentice to a piano manufacturer, Mary aged 17years and Thomas aged 14 years are both scholars. The building next to their house is deserted.

Dated 1897. Obtained from the NSW State Library.

1901 Census Frederick Rose aged 72 years, pianoforte manufacturer is living in Streatham with his two daughters Bertha and Mary as well as his 24 year old son Thomas Whateley who is an articled clerk for a solicitor.

1903 In an obituary in the Evening Telegraph dated 26th January 1903 for James Henry Broadwood Mr Frederick Rose is described as one of the leading partners in the firm.

1904 In the Belfast Newsletter dated 2nd March 1904 it states ‘Death of Mr F. Rose. By the death of Mr Frederick Rose, which took place on the night of the 29th ult, at the home of his son-in-law, Professor Delepine, at Owen’s College, Manchester, a remarkable man in the manufacturing industry has passed away. For upwards of half a century he had been connected with the pianoforte business of John Broadwood and Sons. The deceased was born on 12th August 1828, his father, Daniel Rose having been locum tenens at Great Poultenay Street to Thomas Broadwood, who was acquainted with Beethoven. Daniel Rose himself put the finishing touches to the grand piano despatched to Vienna for the great composer. Mr Rose, who had held many public offices, was for four years the treasurer of the Westminster Constitutional Association, receiving various distinctions from the Primrose League for his services’.

1904 There is an announcement in the Croydon Chronicle dated March 3rd 1904 headed Famous Piano-Maker’s death. The death is recorded of Mr Frederick Rose, managing partner of the famous pianoforte firm of Messers. Broadwood and Sons. Mr Rose’s father nearly 100 years ago helped Thomas Broadwood to build a good piano. The son entered the firm at fourteen, and became a partner at twenty-eight. Mr Rose established two bands among his work-people, and of the senior of those the conductor was Thomas Sullivan whose son played the big drum in rehearsals. The son was afterwards Sir Arthur Sullivan’.

1904 – the following is taken from the Morning Leader, London, Wednesday 2nd March 1904. “A Broadwood Romance. The death is announced of Mr Frederick Rose, for more than 50 years a partner in the famous form of Broadwood’s the piano manufacturer. Mr Rose’s career was as interesting as that of the music-making firm with which he was connected. At one time he organised a drum and fife band for the boys, and a wind instrument band for the older hands. Both were under the conductorship of the Thomas Sullivan, father of the famous Sir Arthur. Sir Arthur played the big drum in the junior orchestra. Mr Rose, when the volunteer movement began, organised two efficient companies from the employees of the Broadwood factory. In 1867 he arranged for 180 of his best workmen to visit the Paris Exhibition. The same year saw the Fenian scare. Mr Rose, fearing an attack on his factory, marched a number of his men, headed by a band, to Westminster Hall where there were sworn is as special constables. These men were then drilled two or three times a week in the factory yard, and later on they patrolled the building day and night.

The whole history of the Broadwood firm is indeed a fascinating romance of commerce. Since 1723, when harpsichords were the fashion, the Broadwood business has been located in its present premises in Great Poulteney St, W. In the entrance hall hangs an old playbill, which announces that “The Beggar’s Opera” would be preformed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, and that at the end of the first act “Mrs Brickler will sing a favourite song from ‘Judith’ accompanied by Mr Dibdin on a new instrument called the pianoforte.

That was in 1767. Between that date and 1894 the firm built 195,420 pianos. Messers. Broadwood once estimated somewhat fantastically that 175,968,000 classical pieces had been played upon these instruments and that if all of the notes of their pianos were laid out end to end they would stretch 3,957 miles – further than London to Chicago.

The firm has had the closest relations with the greatest composers. Upon its premises Haydn is said to have composed some of his music. A piano is still shown on which Chopin played in his last years and from time to time, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Handel, Wagner, Beethoven and Liszt were in and out of the building.

“I shall regard it as an alter” wrote Beethoven, on receiving a piano form the famous firm, “upon which I shall place the most beautiful offerings of my spirit to the Divine Apollo”’.

Probate granted 2nd May 1904 for Frederick Rose of 9 Redington Road Hampstead, London died 29th February 1904 at 1 Stanley-grove Chorlton-upon-Medlock Manchester. Granted to George Daniel Rose, Algernon Sidney Rose and Daniel Giles Rose esquires. Effects £8584 18s 8d.

From the Surrey Mirror County Post 19th July 1901

In the 16th March 1904 edition of the Falkirk Herald and Midland paper there is a long obituary to Frederick Rose. It covers some of the information that was in other newspapers of the time. Fredrick Rose died at his son-in-law’s house, his son-in-law was Professor Delepine at Owen’s College, Manchester. It states ‘for upwards of half a century Frederick Rose was ipso facto the mainspring of the famous pianoforte business of John Broadwood and Sons. Owing to his magnificent administrative skill and his upright character, the old house during the long period with which he was connected with it, attained a very high position, as much for the integrity of its dealings as for the excellence of its work. Frederick Rose was born on the 12th August 1823, his father, Daniel Rose, having been locum tenens at Great Poulteney Street to Thomas Broadwood, who made the acquaintance of Beethoven. Daniel Rose himself put the finishing touches to the grand piano dispatched to Vienna for the great composer. The death of Frederick Rose took place on the centenary of the entrance of his father into the firm. Frederick Rose commenced his career at an early age. At 14 he entered the offices at Pulteney Street. Through the influence of his grandfather, a principal of one of the stock offices of the Bank of England, he entered the accountant’s department at Threadneedle Street, where he showed particular aptitude, and would have in due course risen to a position of considerable responsibility had he not, at the wish of the late Henry Broadwood, returned to the counting house at Pulteney Street in November 1847. After acting as head bookkeeper for six years, he was deputed to investigate thew organisation of the Broadwood factory and arrange for a more continuous supply of instruments. He revolutionised the system of work, and by the introduction of new methods, put matters on a more economic basis. The following year, having overworked himself, he was sent abroad for a holiday and visited France, Switzerland and Germany. Shortly after his return, his labour in rearranging the manufactory was brought to nought by the enormous premises in Westminster, employing at that time 750 men, being completely gutted and hundreds of pianos destroyed by “Broadwood’s Great Fire”.

In the rebuilding of the premises Frederick Rose’s intimate knowledge of the requirements of the men and their work was of infinite service and a new factory soon rose from the ruins of the old one. Singularly, the fire had occurred on Frederick Rose’s 28th birthday. On the 30th of the following March he became a partner in the firm, a position he held to the great advantage of his fellow partners until he transformation of the concern into a limited company in September 1900, where he was nominated a director.

At the factory his tact and judgement, sympathy and courtesy, endeared to the workers whom he encouraged to be thrifty and temperate and for whom he provided recreation and culture, organising a drum and fife band for the boys and a wind instrument band for the older hands, under the conductorship of Thomas Sullivan, whose son, afterwards Sir Arthur, played the big drum at rehearsals. Frederick Rose reconstructed the workman’s library, adding largely to the collection, till it exceeded 6000 volumes, and it became at the time, the best institution of its kind in London’.

The Sheffield Daily Telegraph has an additional piece of information that is not covered in other obituaries. It informs their readers that ‘the cause of death was a bout of phlebitis. Apart from his business career, in which he showed great talent, he took an active part in public affairs. He organised two efficient companies of volunteers from the Broadwood factory, the men being attached to the Queen’s Westminster Regiment, in which corps he held a captaincy for eight years’.

1905 In the Westminster Gazette dated 5th May 1905 it states that ‘the estate of the late Mr Frederick Rose, managing director of John Broadwood and Sons Limited, Conduit-street etc, pianoforte manufacturers to the King and Queen, has been entered for probate at £8584.00’.

1908 Eliza Rose died on the 24th November 1908 at Alexandra Hotel St, St Leonards-on-Sea. Probate was granted on the 11th December to George Daniel Rose esquire and Florence Delepine (wife of Sheridan Delepine) and Thomas Rawle solicitor. Effects £37674 16s 7d.

George Daniel Rose

1883 George Daniel Rose and Henrietta Delepine are married in July 1883 in Devon.

1891 Census George Daniel Rose aged 34 years old, a piano manufacturer is living with his wife Henrietta and their 6 year old son Frederick Antoine at 28 Page St, Westminster. This is the same address where he was living with his family.

1901 Census George Daniel Rose aged 44 years old, a pianoforte manufacturer is living with his wife Henrietta in Warlingham south of London. They have two children Frederick Antoine Rose aged 16 years old and Henrietta aged 9 years old.

Dated 1902. Obtained from NSW State Library.

1911 Census George Daniel Rose aged 54 years old, a director and manager at pianoforte works, is living at 50 The Pryors, Hampstead with his son Frederick Antoine Rose aged 26 years old, an engineer and assistant manager at pianoforte works. Possibly his wife Henrietta is visiting family in France. Their house has eight rooms.

1911 George Rose and his son F. Antoine sail on the President Grant from Southampton on the 20th December 1911. George is aged 55 years old and Frederick is aged 27 years old. Their contact is Henrietta, George’s wife. Her address is Bedford Row, London. Their final destination is Sydney, Australia.

Henrietta Rose gained a degree in agricultural science. According to the Berrima District Historical and Family History Society Inc Henrietta Rose ‘possessed very strong views on the welfare and health of women and children, especially in the care of mothers and babies.

She was born in London in 1891 and she received her education in France, Switzerland and the U.K’. The newsletter states that ‘the Rose family had been involved in pianoforte manufacture in England since the 18th century. In Henrietta’s words “her father could construct a piano, with all its components, from bare materials”.

In 1913 the family purchased and took up residence on a rural property known as Craig Royston, located on the Hume Highway at Aylmerton, situated 5kms northeast of Mittagong. For a time Henrietta worked for the Department of Agriculture.

She became well-known for her scientific work with dairy herds. It was through this work that the testing of dairy hers for tuberculosis was first introduced’. She also took a keen interest in the reasons why milk became contaminated.

Henrietta was also involved in education programmes, and organised lectures and demonstrations on general farming, native plants suitable for cultivation and pruning of orchards and garden plants. Craig Royston was run as an experimental farm for several years.

Henrietta was a member of the executive committee at head office of the Country Women’s Association of NSW.

During WW2 Craig Royston was used a recuperation facility for officers from the armed forces and also became an evacuee centre for children from Sydney after it was bombed by the Japanese.

She died at Craig Royston in 23rd July 1982.

The Henrietta Rose Room at the Bowrol Library is named in her honour.

1928 The Braidwood Review of July 31st 1928 has an article concerning Henrietta Rose. It informs their readers that ‘meet a hard-working farmer, Miss Henrietta Rose, who does her own ploughing, and who is assisted on her homestead farm by two girl employees, who also plough and harrow and sow. Miss Rose was one of the delegates at the Agricultural Bureau conference in Richmond last week. She conducts a successful homestead farm at the pretty little settlement at Aylmerton on the south coast and she is rapidly building up a successful modern poultry farm there. She has adopted scientific farming and says it pays handsomely’.

1932 In the Mail dated August 5th 1932 it states ‘Mr George Rose of Craig Royston, Aylmerton, who has not enjoyed good health of late, was taken to hospital by the Ambulance on Wednesday for an X-ray’.

1938 George D. Rose is buried in Mittagong Rowe’s Hill Cemetery, NSW. His gravestone reads ‘George D. Rose DIED 1938 Aged 81 years. Here lies the body of George ROSE born in London 1857 Died in Aylmerton in 1938 The Lord is my Shepherd Though I pass through The Valley of the Shadow of Death I shall fear no evil’. He died on the 1st September 1938 at Craig Royston.

1943 The Daily Telegraph dated the 2nd January 1943 has an article that reads ‘Young English orphans sent to Australia after the war will be accommodated at the British Orphans’ Adoption Society’s new home at Aylmerton, near Mittagong. The B.O.A.S. which is working in close conjunction with the British Society, is already making plans for the reception of the children. When they arrive from England they will reside at Aylmerton until arrangements for their adoption or future welfare are made. During the war the society’s home will be used as a kindergarten home for children of Australian servicemen serving overseas. The large country home and its adjoining farm would be made available to the B.O.A.S by the owners Mrs Aimee Rose and her daughter Henrietta. Foodstuffs from the farm will be donated free to the home’.

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Using only materials sourced from within Britain and the Empire, such as Indian silver door handles and Maltese marble floors, The King’s House was intended to be ‘an example of English craft and taste, a memorial of a reign which has seen our land pass happily through the greatest ordeal of its history, and a fitting tribute to a Sovereign who has made of his people not only a Nation and an Empire, but a Household’. Sadly, George V died in 1936 and never lived there, and the property became part of the Crown Estate, being used as a grace-and-favour residence until 1954, when it was sold into private hands.

The King’s House at Walton-on-Thames in Surrey was built by the Royal Warrant Holder’s Association, all of whom were tradesmen who worked for the Royal Court. It cost £50,000 at the time and was a very modern house for its time. The materials used were either sourced from Great Britain or Commonwealth countries. For example, there was marble for South Africa and panelling and skirtings from wood sourced from overseas Commonwealth countries. Innovative items were the installation of fire extinguishers as well as self-opening garage doors which were activated by a detector strip.

As one would imagine, many companies advertised their products that had been installed or provided for the house. The Marshall and Rose piano is one such item.

It was A silver Jubilee gift for King George V however he did not live to see it completed. It was used as a ‘grace and favour’ residence until 1954 when it was sold. It is now called Kingsmere House.

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