Archibald John Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery, KT, PC, FRS (14 October 1783 – 4 March 1868), styled Viscount Primrose until 1814, was a British politician.
Early life
Primrose was born on 14 October 1783. He was the eldest son of Neil Primrose, 3rd Earl of Rosebery and, his second wife, Mary Vincent. Among his siblings were Lady Charlotte Primrose (wife of Gen. Kenneth Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham) Lady Mary Shepherd, Lady Dorothea Arabella Primrose (wife of William Hervey of Bodwell Hall), and Hon. Francis Ward Primrose (who married Percy Gore).
His paternal grandparents were James Primrose, 2nd Earl of Rosebery and Mary Campbell (a daughter of the Hon. John Campbell, himself a son of the 9th Earl of Argyll, and Elizabeth Elphinstone, a daughter of the 8th Lord Elphinstone). His maternal grandparents were Sir Francis Vincent, 7th Baronet and Mary Howard (the daughter of Lt.-Gen. Hon. Thomas Howard, who served as Governor of Berwick, and Mary Moreton, the youngest daughter of William Moreton, Bishop of Meath).
He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, gaining his MA in 1804.
Career
He was Member of Parliament for Helston from 1805 to 1806 and Cashel from 1806 to 1807.
He succeeded to the earldom in 1814, and was created Baron Rosebery, of Rosebery in the County of Edinburgh, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1828. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1831 and a Knight of the Thistle in 1840. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Personal life
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Lord Rosebery married firstly Harriett Bouverie (d. 1834), daughter of Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie (a son of the 1st Earl of Radnor) in 1808. Before their divorce in 1815, they had four children:
- Archibald John Primrose, Lord Dalmeny (1809–1851), MP for Stirling Burghs who married Lady Catherine Stanhope, a daughter of Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope and Hon. Catherine Smith (a daughter of the 1st Baron Carrington), in 1843.
- Lady Harriet Primrose (1810–1876), who married Sir John Dunlop, 1st Baronet, son of Lt.-Gen. Sir James Dunlop, 21st of that Ilk, in 1835.
- Lady Mary Anne Primrose (1812–1826), who died unmarried at age 14.
- Hon. Bouverie Francis Primrose CB FRSE (1813–1898), who married Hon. Frederica Sophia Anson, daughter of Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson and Lady Anne Margaret Coke (a daughter of the 1st Earl of Leicester), in 1838. Frederica was a younger sister of the 4th Earl's second wife Anne.
Lady Roseberry caused a society scandal when she had an affair with her brother-in-law, Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 4th Baronet (the widower of her deceased sister Charlotte). She divorced Lord Rosebery and married St John-Mildmay in Stuttgart after obtaining a special permission by the King of Württemberg. Lord Roseberry then married Anne Margaret Anson (1796–1882), the eldest daughter of Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson and Lady Anne Margaret Coke (a daughter of the 1st Earl of Leicester) in 1819. They had two children:
- Lady Anne Primrose (1820–1862), who married, as his third wife, the Rt. Hon. Henry Tufnell, MP for Ipswich and Devonport, in 1848.
- Lady Louisa Primrose (1822–1870), who died unmarried.
Lord Rosebery died on 4 March 1868.
Descendants
He was the grandfather of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, who succeeded him to the title of Lord Primrose and briefly served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1894 to 1895.
References
- Cokayne, George Edward (1926). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Eardley to Spalding to Goojerat. St. Catherine Press, Limited. p. 15. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- "Dorothea Arabella Primrose, Lady Hervey (d.1825) 851913". www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. National Trust. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- "Summary of Individual | William Hervey". www.ucl.ac.uk. Legacies of British Slavery. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, pp. 1277–1278, volume 3, page 3399.
- "Primrose, Archibald John (Lord Dalmeny) (PRMS801AJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Primrose, Archibald John" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- Farrell, Stephen. "BOUVERIE, Hon. Bartholomew (1753-1835), of 21 Edward Street, Portman Square, Mdx". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byJohn Penn Davies Giddy |
Member of Parliament for Helston 1805–1806 With: Davies Giddy 1805–1806 Sir John Shelley, Bt 1806 |
Succeeded byNicholas Vansittart John de Ponthieu |
| Preceded byWilliam Wickham | Member of Parliament for Cashel 1806–1807 |
Succeeded byQuintin Dick |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded byThe Earl of Hopetoun | Lord Lieutenant of Linlithgowshire 1843–1863 |
Succeeded byThe Earl of Hopetoun |
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
| Preceded byNeil Primrose | Earl of Rosebery 1814–1868 |
Succeeded byArchibald Primrose |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Rosebery 1828–1868 Member of the House of Lords (1828–1868) |
Succeeded byArchibald Primrose |
| Baronetage of Nova Scotia | ||
| Preceded byNeil Primrose | Baronet (of Carrington) 1814-1868 |
Succeeded byArchibald Primrose |
- 1783 births
- 1868 deaths
- Nobility from Edinburgh
- Earls of Rosebery
- Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
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- Clan Primrose