Grose (surname)

Grose is a surname of two possible origins. Cornish origin: a toponymic surname for a person who lived near a stone cross, from Cornish "crows" or "crous" for "cross". French origin: from Old French gros: "big, "fat", a variant of surname Gros.

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Brent Grose (born 1979), Australian rugby league player
 * Daniel Grose (1903-1971), English cricketer and British Army officer
 * David Grose (1944–2004), American archaeologist
 * Francis Grose (1731–1791), antiquary and lexicographer
 * Francis Grose (Lieutenant-Governor) (circa 1754 – 1814), Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales
 * George Richmond Grose (1869–1953), American Methodist bishop
 * Ingebrikt Grose (1862–1939), first president of Concordia College
 * Ivan Grose (born 1928), Canadian businessman and politician
 * John Henry Grose, British traveller
 * Nash Grose (1740-1814), English Judge
 * Walter Grose (1862–1940), Australian politician
 * William Grose (1812–1900), American lawyer
 * Mrs Grose, a fictional character, a housekeeper, in Henry James's novella The Turn of the Screw