Henry Primrose

Sir Henry William Primrose KCB CSI ISO PC (22 August 1846 – 17 June 1923) was a Scottish civil servant. He joined the Treasury in 1869, served as private secretary to the Viceroy of India from 1880 to 1884 and to Gladstone in 1886. He was secretary of the Office of Works from 1887 to 1895. He became chairman of the Board of the Inland Revenue from 1899 to 1907.

In his youth, he made one appearance for the Scottish football XI against England in the representative match played in November 1870.

Primrose was born at Dalmeny, near Edinburgh, the second of the six sons of the Hon. Bouverie Francis Primrose (1813–1898) and his wife, Frederica Sophia Anson (1814–1867).

His father was the son of Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery and Harriett Bouverie. His mother was the daughter of Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson and Lady Anne Margaret Coke.

His brothers included Francis Archibald, (born 1843),Gilbert Edward (1848–1935), who also made one international football appearance for Scotland, and George Anson Primrose (1849–1930), who became a vice-admiral.

Primrose was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, between 1855 and 1864, where he was captain of both the school's football and cricket XIs. In 1864, he went up to Balliol College, Oxford where he obtained second class degrees in classical moderations (1867) and in the final honour school of law and modern history (1869).

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