Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
British Liberal politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1847–1929) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929) was a British Liberal politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, also known as Archibald Primrose (1847–1851), Lord Dalmeny (1851–1868).
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The Earl of Rosebery | |
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
In office 5 March 1894 – 22 June 1895 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Preceded by | William Ewart Gladstone |
Succeeded by | The Marquess of Salisbury |
Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 22 June 1895 – 6 October 1896 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
Preceded by | The Marquess of Salisbury |
Succeeded by | Sir William Harcourt |
Lord President of the Council | |
In office 10 March 1894 – 21 June 1895 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | The Earl of Kimberley |
Succeeded by | The Duke of Devonshire |
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 18 August 1892 – 10 March 1894 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
Preceded by | The Marquess of Salisbury |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Kimberley |
In office 6 February 1886 – 3 August 1886 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
Preceded by | The Marquess of Salisbury |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Iddesleigh |
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | |
In office 5 March 1885 – 9 June 1885 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
Preceded by | The Lord Carlingford |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Harrowby |
First Commissioner of Works | |
In office 13 February 1885 – 9 June 1885 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
Preceded by | George Shaw-Lefevre |
Succeeded by | David Plunket |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | |
In office August 1881 – June 1883 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
Preceded by | Leonard Courtney |
Succeeded by | J. T. Hibbert |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 7 May 1868 – 21 May 1929 Hereditary peerage | |
Preceded by | The 4th Earl of Rosebery |
Succeeded by | The 6th Earl of Rosebery |
Personal details | |
Born | Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-05-07)7 May 1847 Mayfair, Middlesex, England |
Died | 21 May 1929(1929-05-21) (aged 82) Epsom, Surrey, England |
Resting place | Dalmeny Parish Church, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) |
Hannah de Rothschild
(m. 1878; died 1890) |
Children | 4, including Sybil, Harry, and Neil |
Parents | Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny Wilhelmina Powlett, Duchess of Cleveland |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
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After an education at Eton and Oxford, Dalmeny succeeded to his grandfather's Scottish earldom in 1868.[1]