The world’s greatest investors: Sir Philip Rose

Sir Philip Rose was born in 1816, the son of a British army officer and went on to set up the Foreign and Colonial Government Trust.

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Sir Philip Rose made a mint from bonds
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Sir Philip Rose was born in 1816, the son of a British army officer. He qualified as a solicitor at the age of 20 and was partner in the law firm Baxter, Rose, Norton & Co. (now Norton Rose) until 1872. A financial adviser to Benjamin Disraeli (UK prime minister from 1874 to 1880), he set up the Foreign and Colonial Government Trust (now the Foreign and Colonial Investment Trust) in 1868, with Samuel Laing, James Mackenzie and Lord Westbury. While the trustees managed the fund collectively until 1924, Rose was acknowledged as its driving force, and was a trustee until he died in 1883.

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Matthew graduated from the University of Durham in 2004; he then gained an MSc, followed by a PhD at the London School of Economics.

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