Sir Archibald Primrose, 1st Baronet, Lord Carrington (16 May 1616 – 27 November 1679) was a notable

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Early life

The eldest son of James Primrose (d. 1641), a writer and solicitor, by his second, or third, wife Catherine Lawson, a daughter of Richard Lawson of Boghall. Primrose succeeded his father, who had held the office for upwards of forty years, as Clerk to the Privy Council on 2 September 1641.

Career

Following the victory of

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he joined Montrose, was taken prisoner at Philiphaugh on 13 September 1645. He was tried by the Parliament of St. Andrews the following year, and being found guilty of treason only saved his life through the intercession of the

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. Following his release at the end of 1646, he was knighted by King

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. Subsequently, he joined Charles II and was made a Baronet, of Carrington in the County of Selkirk, dated 1 August 1651, at Woodhouse, during the march to

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. As a consequence of his loyalty to the Crown his estate was sequestrated and his debtors prohibited from paying what they owed to him. He was also deprived of his office by the

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, the decree against him being sealed on 10 March 1649. Upon the repeal of this Act, and having given testimony of the satisfaction afforded by him to The Church, he was declared capable again of office on 10 January 1651, and was appointed Clerk to the

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on 6 June following. At the Restoration he was appointed

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dated 7 August 1660, and on 14 February 1661 was nominated a

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with the judicial title Lord Carrington. At the same time he was appointed a

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, and a

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. He was the principal author of the

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, which ended

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until the Act of 1690 re-established it again. The enmity of the

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forced him to resign as Lord of Exchequer and Lord Clerk Register on 11 June 1676, in exchange for the far less lucrative one of

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. He was deprived of this office in 1678.

Personal life

Primrose was twice married. His first marriage was to Elizabeth Keith, daughter of Sir James Keith of Benholme, and Margaret Lindsay. Before her death, they were the parents of:George Edward Cokayne, editor, ''The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes'' (Reprint,

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, 1983), volume III, page 337. * Catherine Primrose (d. ), who married Sir David Carnegie, 1st Baronet in 1663. * Margaret Primrose (d. 1690), who married Sir John Foulis, 1st Baronet, in 1661. * Sir James Primrose (1645–), who married Elizabeth Sinclair, daughter of

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. * Maj.-Gen. Gilbert Primrose (1649–1731), a Colonel in the

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. * Sir William Primrose, 2nd Baronet (1649–1687), who married Mary Scott, daughter of Patrick Scott. After the death of his first wife, he married Agnes ( Gray) Dundas (d. 1699), the daughter of Sir William Gray of Pittendrum, and the widow of Sir James Dundas of Newliston. They were the parents of:Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, pp. 1277–1278, volume 3, page 3399. * Grizel Primrose (1661–1723), who married Francis Sempill, 8th

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. After his death, she married Brig.-Gen. Richard Cunningham). *

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(1664–1723), who married Dorothea Cressy in . Primrose died in November 1679, and was buried within

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church. He and his father between them had served the Crown successively for a hundred years all but one. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son William. Primrose's fourth son and namesake

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was created

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in 1703.

Descendants

Through his third son William, he was a grandfather of

James Primrose, 1st Viscount of Primrose Viscount of Primrose was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1703 for Sir James Primrose, 3rd Baronet, along with the subsidiary title Lord Primrose and Castlefield. He was the grandson of Archibald Primrose, a Lord of Session un ...

(–1706). Through his fourth son

, he was the ancestor of among others Prime Minister

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 of h ...

.Dalrymple, Sir David, of Hailes, Bt., & others, ''An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice of Scotland'' from its Institution in 1532, Edinburgh, 1849, pps:352-355.

References

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