Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Hugh Henry Rose, Baron Strathnairn (1801-1885), Field Marshal

Field-marshal; major, 1826; served in Syria, 1840-8; in the Crimea; major-general, 1854; won several battles during the Indian Mutiny campaigns; commander-in-chief in India, 1860; commander of forces in Ireland, 1865-70; created baron, and GCSI, 1866; colonel, Royal Horse Guards, 1869; field-marshal, 1877.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.