Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery

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

Educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge (MA, 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 (in the Peerage of Great Britain) 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.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Penn Davies Giddy	Member of Parliament for Helston with Davies Giddy 1805–1806 Sir John Shelley, Bt 1806 1805 – 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