The son of Caleb Burrell Rose (qv), of Swaffham, the Norfolk geologist of whom there is an account in the *Dictionary of National Biography*. He studied at Guy's Hospital and in Paris. He began to practise in partnership with his father at Swaffham, and he went to London in 1854. In 1863 he was suffering from asthma, and returning to the country practised at Edghill House, Anglesey Road, Ipswich. He died at Ipswich on November 7th, 1895, and was buried in the cemetery there.