Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny

For his great-grandson, see Archie Primrose, Lord Dalmeny.

Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny (2 October 1809 – 23 January 1851) was a Scottish Liberal politician.

Origins

He was the eldest son and heir apparent of Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery (1783–1868), whom he predeceased, by his wife Harriett Bouverie.

Education

Dalmeny was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[1]

Career

Dalmeny was a supporter of the Reform Act 1832, and became a Member of Parliament for Stirling Burghs in the elections held that year after the passage of the bill. From 25 April 1835 until the fall of Melbourne's Second Government in 1841, Dalmeny was a Civil Lord of the Admiralty. In Parliament, he opposed both the secret ballot and the income tax. He did not contest the seat in 1847, and left Parliament.

Marriage and progeny

On 20 September 1843 he married Lady Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope (1819–1901), (who survived him and married secondly Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland (1803–1891)), a historian, the daughter of Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope, by whom he had three children:^[2]

• Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847–1929), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1894–1895.
• Hon. Constance Evelyn Primrose (died 27 June 1939), who in 1867 married Henry Wyndham, 2nd Baron Leconfield.
• Lady Mary Catherine Constance Primrose (c. 1845 – 3 September 1935), who on 8 October 1885 married Henry Walter Hope-Scott

Death

Dalmeny fell ill with pleurisy during the Christmas season of 1850, and while apparently recovering in January, died suddenly of heart failure.^[3]

References

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Dalmeny