Thomas Rose (died 1747)
Thomas Rose of Wootton House in the parish of Wootton Fitzpaine in Dorset was Sheriff of Dorset in 1715.
Origins
The earliest recorded member of the Rose family is John Rose of St Burlado on the Island of Jersey, who served as Mayor of Lyme Regis in Dorset in 1611. He married Fayth Ellesdon, a daughter of Ralph Ellesdon. His son was Richard Rose, a Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis, who married Elizabeth Henley, a daughter of Henry Henley of Leigh.Marriage and progeny
He left an only child and sole heiress:- Mary Rose, who died aged 34, having married Francis Drewe of [The The Grange, Broadhembury|Grange, Broadhembury|Grange] in the parish of Broadhembury in Devon, Sheriff of Devon in 1738. She bore seven sons, six of whom survived their father, four of whom inherited Grange successively, several having adopted the surname "Rose-Drewe".