Neil James Archibald Primrose
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The Right Honourable Neil Primrose MC |
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Neil Primrose
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Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury with Lord Edmund Talbot |
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In office 14 December 1916 – 2 March 1917 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by |
Lord Edmund Talbot John Gulland |
| Succeeded by |
Lord Edmund Talbot Hon. Frederick Guest |
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| Born | 14 December 1882 Dalmeny House, Dalmeny, Midlothian |
| Died |
15 November 1917 (aged 34) Gezer, Palestine |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Victoria Stanley (1892–1927) |
| Awards | Military Cross |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1909–1917 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars |
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Captain 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.
Primrose was born at Dalmeny House in Midlothian, Scotland, the second son of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, prime minister to Queen Victoria from 1894 to 1895, by Hannah de Rothschild, daughter of Baron Mayer de Rothschild. He was the brother of Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery and writer Lady Sybil Grant. He was educated at Eton and Oxford and played No.1 for the Oxford Polo team in 1904 and 1905. While at Oxford he was also a keen steeplechase rider.
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