Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery

"Archibald John Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery KT, PC, FRS (14 October 1783 – 4 March 1868) was a British politician. Primrose was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, gaining his MA in 1804. He was Member of Parliament for Helston from 1805 to 1806 and Cashel from 1806 to 1807. He succeeded to the earldom in 1814, and was created Baron Rosebery, of Rosebery in the County of Edinburgh, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1828. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1831 and a Knight of the Thistle in 1840. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society."

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Links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Primrose,_4th_Earl_of_Rosebery

http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=194149

http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I86026&tree=...

(which gives a different birth year)

http://thepeerage.com/p1328.htm#i13273

http://www.royalblood.co.uk/D1126/I1126715.html

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Citations / Sources:

[S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.

[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2325. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 3, page 3400.

[S1533] Peter James Rainton, "re: Rainton Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 25 November 2005. Hereinafter cited as "re: Rainton Family."

[S1577] Hugh Mark, "re: Agnew Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 19 January 2006. Hereinafter cited as "re: Agnew Family."