Neil Primrose (politician)

Neil Primrose
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
with Lord Edmund Talbot
In office
14 December 1916 – 2 March 1917
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byLord Edmund Talbot
John Gulland
Succeeded byLord Edmund Talbot
Hon. Frederick Guest
Personal details
Born14 December 1882 (1882-12-14)
Dalmeny House, Dalmeny, Midlothian
Died15 November 1917 (1917-11-16) (aged 34)
Gezer, Palestine
Resting placeRamleh Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Lady Victoria Stanley
(1892–1927)
ChildrenRuth Wood, Countess of Halifax
Parent(s)Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Hannah de Rothschild
AwardsMilitary Cross
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
Years of service1909–1917
RankCaptain
UnitRoyal Buckinghamshire Hussars
Battles/warsFirst 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.