Neil Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery

For other people of the same name, see Neil Primrose (disambiguation).

Neil Archibald Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery and 3rd Earl of Midlothian (born 11 February 1929), styled Lord Primrose between 1931 and 1974, is a Scottish nobleman.

Biography

The eldest surviving son of Harry, Earl of Rosebery, his paternal grandmother was the heiress Hannah, Countess of Rosebery (daughter of Mayer de Rothschild) reputed during the late 19th century to be the richest woman in England.^[1] After the death of his elder brother Archibald in 1931, he became heir apparent to his father and was styled Lord Primrose, as the courtesy title Lord Dalmeny was reserved for his late elder brother. Rosebery was educated at Stowe School and New College, Oxford. He married Alison Mary Deirdre Reid in 1955. He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Midlothian in 1960 and succeeded his father as Earl in 1974.

Rosebery currently resides at the family seat Dalmeny House near Edinburgh with his wife. The Earl and Countess of Rosebery have five children, four daughters and a son. The Countess is a Patroness of the Royal Caledonian Ball. ^[2] Their son and youngest child, Harry, bears the courtesy title Lord Dalmeny as heir to the Rosebery Earldoms, Viscountcies and Baronies.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Neil Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery

16. Archibald, Earl of Rosebery

8. Archibald, Lord Dalmeny

17. Harriett Bouverie

4. Archibald, Earl of Rosebery and Midlothian

18. Philip, Earl Stanhope

9. Lady Wilhelmina Stanhope

19. Catherine Smith

2. Harry, Earl of Rosebery and Midlothian

20. Nathan Mayer Rothschild

10. Mayer Amschel de Rothschild

21. Hannah Barent-Cohen

5. Hannah de Rothschild

22. Isaac Cohen

11. Juliana Cohen

23. Sarah Samuel

1. Neil, Earl of Rosebery and Midlothian

24. John Bruce-Pryce

12. Henry, Lord Aberdare

25. Sarah Austin

6. Henry, Lord Aberdare

26. Richard Beadon

13. Annabella Beadon

27. Annabella à Court

3. The Hon. Eva Bruce

28. Henry Beckett

14. Hamilton Beckett

29. Mary Lyle

7. Constance Beckett

30. John, Lord Lyndhurst

15. The Hon. Sophia Copley

31. Sarah Brunsden

References

↑ Cowles, Virginia (1975). The Rothschilds, a Family of Fortune. London: First Futura Publications. ISBN 0-86007-206-1. Page 145
↑ "Patronesses". Royal Caledonian Ball.

External links

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

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Harry Primrose	Earl of Rosebery 1974 – present	Incumbent Heir: Harry Primrose
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Harry Primrose	Earl of Midlothian 1974 – present Member of the House of Lords (1974–1999)	Incumbent Heir: Harry Primrose

Earls*

...of England

Shrewsbury, Waterford & Talbot Derby Huntingdon Pembroke & Montgomery Devon Lincoln Suffolk & Berkshire Denbigh & Desmond Westmorland Lindsey & Abingdon Winchelsea & Nottingham Sandwich Essex Carlisle Shaftesbury Portland Scarbrough Albemarle Coventry Jersey

...of Scotland

...of Great Britain

Ferrers Dartmouth Tankerville Aylesford Macclesfield Waldegrave Harrington Portsmouth Brooke & Warwick Buckinghamshire Guilford Hardwicke Ilchester De La Warr Radnor Spencer Bathurst Clarendon Mansfield & Mansfield Mount Edgcumbe Fortescue Carnarvon Cadogan Malmesbury

...of Ireland *(pre-1801)*

Cork & Orrery Westmeath Meath Cavan Drogheda Granard Darnley Egmont Bessborough Carrick Shannon Arran Courtown Mexborough Winterton Kingston Roden Lisburne Clanwilliam Antrim Longford Portarlington Mayo Annesley Enniskillen Erne Lucan Belmore Castle Stewart Donoughmore Caledon

...of the United Kingdom & ...of Ireland (post-1801)

*Current substantive earls, listed by precedence, from highest to lowest ** Errol ranks in Scotland as Lord High Constable; Peel ranks as Lord Chamberlain ***Wessex ranks among the Royal family

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