Strathearn Rd. named after highly decorated soldier: Street Names

Hugh Henry Rose became the first Baron Strathnairn.

Running south, then southeast from Eglinton Ave. W. to Bathurst St., it is believed that Strathearn Rd., and nearby Strathearn Blvd., are named after Hugh Henry Rose, later the first Baron Strathnairn, a highly decorated British Army soldier who served in the Crimean War, among other conflicts. Rose attained the rank of Field Marshall in 1877.

Rick Sznajder