Alan Rose
{{About|the British colonial judge|the Australian public servant|Alan Rose (public servant)}}
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|office = Attorney General of Ceylon
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|office2 = 3rd Chief Justice of the Colony of Singapore
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|office3 = 1st Chief Justice of the State of Singapore
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|successor3 = Wee Chong Jin
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Chellappah Nagalingam
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Sir Alan Edward Percival Rose, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCMG|QC|sep=,|size=100}} (8 October 1899 – 20 June 1975) was a British barrister and colonial judge.
Early life and education
Rose was born in London, the son of author Charles Edward Rose. He was educated at Aldenham School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade of the British Army in World War I.{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Singapore|author=Corfield, J.|date=2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810873872|url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000corf|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000corf/page/227 227]|access-date=9 January 2017}} He was called to the bar in 1923.{{cite news |title=Sir Alan Rose – Colonial Legal Service |work=The Times |page= 14 |date=27 June 1975 }}
Career
Rose served in the Colonial Legal Service from 1929 to 1942 in Fiji, Rhodesia and Palestine. After serving as Solicitor General of British Palestine, Rose became Commissioner in charge of investigating corruption in the Customs Department in 1942 before serving in Ceylon until 1955. He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ceylon in 1945, served as Legal Secretary in 1946–47 and Attorney General of Ceylon from 1947 to 1951,{{cite book |last1=Corfield |first1=Justin |title=Historical Dictionary of Singapore |date=2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810873872 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000corf/page/227 227]–288 |url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000corf |url-access=registration |access-date=10 July 2018 |language=en}} before being appointed the 30th Chief Justice of Ceylon. He was appointed in 1952 succeeding Edward Jayetileke and was Chief Justice until 1956. He was succeeded by Hema Henry Basnayake.{{cite web|title=Overview |url=http://www.jsc.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=60&lang=en |publisher=Judicial Service Commission Secretariat |access-date=19 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019091817/http://www.jsc.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=60&lang=en |archive-date=19 October 2013 }}
He initially retired following his appointment in Ceylon, but stayed active. In 1956, he chaired the Commission of Enquiry into the affairs of Nairobi City Council. In 1958, on the strength of his service in Ceylon, he was chosen as Chief Justice of Singapore and served during the period of time in which the colony achieved self governance.{{cite web|title=Sir Alan Rose arrives today|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19590105-1.2.32.aspx|work=The Straits Times|access-date=12 November 2013}}{{cite web|last=Campbell |first=Fiona |title=Jews in Sri Lanka |url=http://chabadsrilanka.com/page.asp?pageID=%7B81486FA5-3D70-4B08-9D29-049EB574C21D%7D |access-date=12 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112110032/http://chabadsrilanka.com/page.asp?pageID=%7B81486FA5-3D70-4B08-9D29-049EB574C21D%7D |archive-date=12 November 2013 }}{{Who's Who|type=was|id=U159125|title=ROSE, Sir Alan (Edward Percival)|access-date=7 January 2013}}
Rose was knighted in 1950 and created a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1955. He finally retired in 1963.
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Chellappah Nagalingam
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Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Category:People educated at Aldenham School
Category:Members of the Inner Temple
Category:Chief justices of Sri Lanka
Category:20th-century British people
Category:People from British Ceylon
Category:Chief justices of Singapore
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George