Archibald Primrose, 1st Earl of Rosebery (1664–1723) was a Scottish politician.

Son of Sir Archibald Primrose, Lord Carrington, he was a Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland for Edinburgh county from 1695.

He was created Viscount Rosebery (in the Peerage of Scotland) in 1700. He was created Earl of Rosebery on the accession of Queen Anne in 1703. He was a Commissioner for union with England and was a Scottish representative peer in 1707, 1708, 1710 and 1713.

His third daughter, Dorothea Primrose, lived at the head of Blackfriars Wynd on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh to care for her aunt Primrose Campbell, Lady Lovat (the Earl's sister) the widow of the executed Lord Lovat.[1]

References

  1. ^ Grants Old and New Edinburgh vol. II p. 257
Peerage of Scotland New creation Earl of Rosebery 1703 – 1723 Succeeded byJames Primrose Viscount of Rosebery 1700 – 1723


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