Neil Primrose Politician

Captain The Honourable Neil James Archibald Primrose PC, MC (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.

Personal facts

Neil Primrose
Birth dateDecember 14, 1882
Birth place
Dalmeny House , Midlothian , Dalmeny
Nationality
British people
Date of deathNovember 15, 1917
Place of death
Gezer , Palestine

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Office holder

monarch
George V
party
Liberal Party (UK)
prime minister
successor
Edmund FitzAlan-Howard 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent

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