Archibald Primrose, 1st Earl of Rosebery


Archibald Primrose, 1st Earl of Rosebery was a Scottish politician.
Son of Sir Archibald Primrose, Lord Carrington, he was a Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland for Edinburgh county from 1695.
He was created Viscount Rosebery 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 in 1707, 1708, 1710 and 1713.
His third daughter, Dorothea Primrose, lived at Blackfriars Wynd in Edinburgh to care for her aunt the widow of the executed Lord Lovat.