However, in 1787, the House of Lords ruled in favor of Elizabeth Rose, securing her son Hugh's claim.

[4] Elizabeth Rose wrote to a friend about her struggle: I have ... fought for this old Highland castle, in which I now remain the solitary descendant of a long line of ancestors, devoting my time and powers to preserve, if possible, a remnant of their ample possessions for their infant representative; and, in the meantime, I will endeavour to give him such an education as may form him to be independent of my struggle, should it prove ultimately unsuccessful.

[5][1] This followed in the footsteps of his great-great-grandfather, Hugh Rose, 15th of Kilravock, who had represented Nairnshire in the first Parliament of Great Britain in 1707.

This position, created in the 16th century, allowed MPs to resign, as holding another Crown office was the only legal means to do so.

Together, they had three sons and four daughters:[2] Katherine died, and on 22 April 1819, Rose married Catherine Mackintosh of Farr.