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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

(1847-1929), Prime Minister and author; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery

Sitter in 24 portraits
A Whig aristocrat, Rosebery was twice Foreign Secretary, firstly in 1886 and then from 1892 to 1894. He succeeded William Gladstone as Prime Minister and served in this office from 1894 to 1895. His selection was seen largely as the consequence of Queen Victoria's dislike for most of the leading Liberals of the day. Rosebery's government is considered to have been fairly unsuccessful. His designs in foreign policy, such as expansion of the fleet, were defeated by disagreements within the Liberal Party, while the Tory-dominated House of Lords stopped the whole of the Liberals' domestic legislation.

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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, by Unknown photographer - NPG x12745

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Unknown photographer
woodburytype on paper mount, published 1878
NPG x12745

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, by York & Son, after  Unknown photographer - NPG x3660

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by York & Son, after Unknown photographer
glass lantern slide, 1890s
NPG x3660

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery as a gentleman of the XVIIIth Century, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41191

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery as a gentleman of the XVIIIth Century

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 20 August 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41191

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, published by Stewart & Woolf - NPG x197843

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

published by Stewart & Woolf
bromide postcard print, early 1900s
NPG x197843

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG x197842

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1903
NPG x197842

'King Edward & His Empire Builders', published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG x197883

'King Edward & His Empire Builders'

published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, circa 1907
NPG x197883

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.') - NPG D41929

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
NPG D41929

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, by Henry T. Greenhead, published by  Henry Graves & Co, after  Elliott & Fry - NPG D39875

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Henry T. Greenhead, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Elliott & Fry
mezzotint, published 23 October 1894 (1886-1896)
NPG D39875

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