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'''Frederick Campbell Rose''' [[Order of the Star of India|CSI]] (1865–18 July 1946) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[civil engineer]] who spent most of his career in [[India]].▼
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▲'''Frederick Campbell Rose''' [[Order of the Star of India|CSI]] (1865 – 18 July 1946) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[civil engineer]] who spent most of his career in [[India]].
Rose was born in [[Elgin, Moray|Elgin]] and educated at [[Trinity College, Glenalmond]] and the [[Royal Indian Engineering College]]. He joined the Indian Public Works Department in 1886 and was posted to the Irrigation Branch in the [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], where he spent most of his career, becoming a leading authority on [[irrigation]]. In 1916 he was appointed Secretary of the Public Works Department, which carried with it membership of the [[Viceroy of India|Viceroy's]] Legislative Council.
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He retired from Indian service in 1919 to take up the post of chief engineer of river improvements in the [[Hebei|Chili]] Province of Northern [[China]], finally retiring in 1927.
Rose was appointed [[Companion of the Order of the Star of India]] (CSI) in the 1920 New Year Honours.<ref>{{
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*Obituary, ''[[The Times]]'', 20 July 1946
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