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

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. The eldest son of James Primrose (d.1641), Writer (solicitor) by his second (or third) wife Catherine, daughter of Richard Lawson of Boghall, he succeeded his father, who had held the office for upwards of forty years, as Clerk to the

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on 2 September 1641. Following the victory of

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he joined Montrose, was taken prisoner at

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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

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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 Lord of Exchequer, 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 Duke of Lauderdale 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. 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, whose son James was created

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in 1703. Primrose's fourth son and namesake

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was created

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in 1703 and was the ancestor of among others Prime Minister

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References

* 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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Carrington, Archibald Primrose, Lord Carrington Primrose, Sir Archibald, 1st Baronet Primrose, Sir Archibald, 1st Baronet Primrose, Sir Archibald Primrose, Sir Archibald, 1st Baronet Carrington Primrose, Sir Archibald, 1st Baronet Primrose, Sir Archibald, 1st Baronet Lords Justice-General Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1661–1663 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1665 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1667 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1669–1674