Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery

Education

LL.D. 21.1.1885.

Rector of St Andrews University 1910-1913.

Birth/childhood

Born 7.5.1847 son of Archibald, Lord Dalmeny, eldest son of 4th Earl and Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope.

Tutored by the later Sir James Donaldson.

Career

First chairman of London County Council 1889-1890 and 1892.

Prime minister 1894-1895. [Politician]

Chancellor of London and Glasgow Universities [London University, Glasgow University]. Rector of Aberdeen University 1878-1881. Edinburgh University 1882-1883. Glasgow University 1899-1902.

Rector of St Andrews University 1910-1913.

5th Earl of Rosebery

Death

Died 21.5.1929.

Sources

  • Burke, Peerage