Rosie Mole Aaron and Rosie break up on 18 October 1997. Rosie Mole Rosie Germaine Mole is a fictional character in Sue Townsend's "Adrian Mole" series. Rosie is Adrian's half-sister, and first appears in the book "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole". She is very close to her brother Adrian. He thinks that Rosie is the only member of his family who really understands him. Rosie was born during the events of the second Adrian Mole novel, "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole". Her birth occurs in Royal Hospital in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. Her mother is Pauline Sugden-Mole (1944) and her father
John Courtney (diarist) John Courtney (diarist) John Courtney (1734–1806) was an English diarist, lawyer and property owner. He attended Trinity College, Cambridge, where received legal training, and inherited lands and properties in and around Beverley, Yorkshire, where he lived and served in the local militia. He kept diaries from 1759 to his death. Courtney was born in Beverley. His father, also John (1679–1756), the son of a London stonemason, worked for the East India Company and became Governor of Surat. His mother was Elizabeth Bourdenand (née Featherstone), daughter of Thomas Featherstone of Beverley. His parents were married in 1732. Courtney studied at Beverley