Earl of Rosebery
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The title Earl of Rosebery was created in the Peerage of Scotland for Archibald Primrose, 1st Viscount of Rosebery. His successor, the fifth Earl, was a politician who served as Foreign Secretary, Lord Privy Seal, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Lord President of the Council. In 1911, this Earl was created Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
In addition to the Earldoms of Rosebery and Midlothian, Lord Rosebery also holds the titles Viscount of Rosebery (created 1700), Viscount of Inverkeithing (1703), Viscount Mentmore, of Mentmore in the County of Buckingham (1911), Lord Primrose and Dalmeny, (1700), Lord Dalmeny and Primrose (1703), Baron Rosebery, of Rosebery in the County of Edinburgh (1828), and Baron Epsom, of Epsom in the County of Surrey (1911). All are in the Peerage of Scotland, except for the Viscountcy of Mentmore and the Baronies of Rosebery and Epsom, which are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The heir apparent to the Earl is usually styled Lord Dalmeny, but the current Earl, while heir apparent to his father, the 6th Earl, was styled Lord Primrose instead, to avoid using the same courtesy title as his elder half-brother, Archbald Ronald Primrose, who had been styled Lord Dalmeny before his death in 1930. The current heir has returned to the usual practice and is styled Lord Dalmeny.
The Earls of Rosebery reside at Dalmeny in Scotland, and until 1977 also resided at Mentmore Towers in England.
Earls of Rosebery (1703)
- Archibald Primrose, 1st Earl of Rosebery (1664-1723)
- James Primrose, 2nd Earl of Rosebery (1691-1765)
- Neil Primrose, 3rd Earl of Rosebery (1729-1814)
- Archibald John Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery (1783-1868)
- Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929)
- Albert Edward Harry Meyer Archibald Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery (1882-1974)
- Neil Archibald Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery (b. 1929)
Heir Apparent: Harold Ronald Neil Primrose, Lord Dalmeny