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
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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
This is a list of representative peers elected from the Peerage of Scotland to sit in the House of Lords after the Acts of Union 1707 abolished the Parliament of Scotland, where, as a unicameral legislature, all Scottish P ...
in 1707, 1708, 1710 and 1713.
His third daughter, Dorothea Primrose, lived at Blackfriars Wynd in
Edinburgh
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to care for her aunt (the Earl's sister) the widow of the executed
Lord Lovat
Lord Lovat ( gd, Mac Shimidh) is a title of the rank Lord of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1458 for Hugh Fraser by summoning him to the Scottish Parliament as Lord Fraser of Lovat, although the holder is referred ...
.
[Grants Old and New Edinburgh vol. II p. 257]
References
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1661 births
1723 deaths
Earls of Rosebery
Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland
Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1689–1702
Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1702–1707
Scottish representative peers
Primrose, Archibald
Politicians from Edinburgh
Peers of Scotland created by William II
Archibald
Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements '' erchan'' (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and ''bald'' meaning "bold".
Medieval forms include Old High German and Anglo-Saxon .
Erkanbald, bishop of ...
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