Neil Primrose (politician)
Neil Primrose | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury with Lord Edmund Talbot | |
| In office 14 December 1916 – 2 March 1917 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Lord Edmund Talbot John Gulland |
| Succeeded by | Lord Edmund Talbot Hon. Frederick Guest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 December 1882 Dalmeny House, Dalmeny, Midlothian |
| Died | 15 November 1917 (aged 34) Gezer, Palestine |
| Resting place | Ramleh Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Victoria Stanley (1892–1927) |
| Children | Ruth Wood, Countess of Halifax |
| Parent(s) | Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Hannah de Rothschild |
| Awards | Military Cross |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1909–1917 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars |
| Battles/wars | First 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.