Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny
Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny was a Scottish Liberal politician.Origins
He was the eldest son and heir apparent of Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery, whom he predeceased, by his wife Harriett Bouverie.Education
Dalmeny was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.Career
Dalmeny was a supporter of the Reform Act 1832, 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 Civil Lord of the Admiralty. In Parliament, he opposed both the secret ballot and the income tax. He did not contest the seat in 1847, and left Parliament.Marriage and progeny
On 20 September 1843 he married Lady Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope, a historian, the daughter of Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope, by whom he had four children:
After Lord Dalmeny's death, Lady Dalmeny married secondly Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland in 1854.Death
Dalmeny fell ill with pleurisy during the Christmas season of 1850, and while apparently recovering in January, died suddenly of heart failure.
