Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery

Archibald John Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery KT, PC, FRS (14 October 1783 – 4 March 1868) was a British politician.

Primrose was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, gaining his MA in 1804. 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.

Family

Lord Rosbery married firstly Harriett Bouverie in 1808. They had four children:

• Archibald John Primrose, Lord Dalmeny (1809–1851)
• Lady Harriet Primrose (born 1810)
• Lady Mary Anne Primrose (1812–1826)
• Hon. Bouverie Francis Primrose (1813–1898)

Lord and Lady Rosebery were divorced in 1815. He married secondly Anne Margaret Anson in 1819. They had two children:

• Lady Anne Primrose (died 1862).
• Lady Louisa Primrose1 (1822–1870).

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Rosebery

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Penn Davies Giddy	Member of Parliament for Helston 1805 – 1806 With: Sir John Shelley, Bt 1806	Succeeded by Nicholas Vansittart John Du Ponthieu
Preceded by William Wickham	Member of Parliament for Cashel 1806 – 1807	Succeeded by Quintin Dick
Honorary titles
Preceded by The 5th Earl of Hopetoun	Lord Lieutenant of Linlithgowshire 1843–1863	Succeeded by The 6th Earl of Hopetoun
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Neil Primrose	Earl of Rosebery 1814 – 1868	Succeeded by Archibald Primrose
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Rosebery 1828–1868 Member of the House of Lords (1828–1868)	Succeeded by Archibald Primrose