His chief fame is perhaps as owner of Moor Park, Farnham during the late Victorian era.
William Rose was educated at Rugby College.
In 1868 he married Katherine Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Macalister, Torresdaile Castle, Argyllshire.
Cyril Stanley Rose, the heir to Sir William's title, was born to the couple in 1874.
[2] He was a business partner in the stock brokerage Govett, Sons, & Co.[3]