Neil Primrose | |
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Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury with Lord Edmund Talbot | |
In office 14 December 1916 – 2 March 1917 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
Preceded by | Lord Edmund Talbot John Gulland |
Succeeded by | Lord Edmund Talbot Hon. Frederick Guest |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 December 1882 Dalmeny House, Dalmeny, Midlothian |
Died | 15 November 1917 Gezer, Palestine | (aged 34)
Resting place | Ramleh Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Lady Victoria Stanley (1892–1927) |
Children | Ruth Wood, Countess of Halifax |
Parent(s) | Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Hannah de Rothschild |
Awards | Military Cross |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch/service | British Army |
Years of service | 1909–1917 |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars |
Battles/wars | First World War |
Neil James Archibald Primrose MC PC (14 December 1882 – 15 November 1917) was a British Liberal politician and soldier. The second son of Prime Minister Lord Rosebery, he represented Wisbech in parliament from 1910 to 1917 and served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1915 and as joint-Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 1916 to 1917. He died from wounds received in action in Palestine in 1917.