Bouverie Francis Primrose (1813–1898) was a British landowner and administrator.

Life

He was born on 19 September 1813 near

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the second son of Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery and his wife Harriett Bouverie. In 1817 the family moved into the then-new

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. In 1839 he was appointed Receiver General for the Post Office in Scotland. He also served as secretary of the Joint Board of Manufacture and Fisheries for most of his life. He held the rank of Lt Colonel in the Queen's City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Brigade. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1849. His proposer was Sir

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. He retired in 1882 and died on 20 March 1898.

Family

In 1838 he married Frederica Sophia Anson (1814-1867), daughter of

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. Their eight children included

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(1846-1923), footballer Gilbert E. Primrose (1848–1935), and Vice Admiral

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(1849-1930). He was uncle to

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian, (7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895. Between the death o ...

who served as the British Prime Minister 1894/5.

Artistic recognition

His portrait (c.1870) by Robert Herdman is held by the

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but is rarely displayed.

References

1813 births 1898 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Younger sons of earls Bouverie {{UK-bio-stub