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

Early life

He was the eldest son and

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(1783–1868), whom he predeceased, by his wife Harriett Bouverie. Dalmeny was educated at

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and

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Career

Dalmeny was a supporter of the

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, 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

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. In Parliament, he opposed both the

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and the

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. He did not contest the seat in 1847, and left Parliament.

Personal life

On 20 September 1843 he married Lady Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope (1819–1901), a historian, the daughter of

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, by whom he had four children: * Lady Mary Catherine Constance Primrose (1844–1935), who married Henry Walter Hope-Scott in 1885. * Hon. Constance Evelyn Primrose (1846–1939), who married Henry Wyndham, 2nd Baron Leconfield in 1867. *

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(1847–1929), who served as the

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from 1894 to 1895; he married Hannah de Rothschild, only child and sole heiress of banker Mayer Amschel de Rothschild, in 1878. * Everard Henry Primrose (1848–1885), a Colonel in the

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and the military

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. Dalmeny fell ill with

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during the Christmas season of 1850, and while apparently recovering in January, died suddenly of heart failure. After Lord Dalmeny's death, Lady Dalmeny married secondly

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in 1854.

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