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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929), Prime Minister

Sitter in 19 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 Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3406

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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3406a

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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3600

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Dinner at Haddo House, 1884

by Alfred Edward Emslie
oil on canvas, 1884
NPG 3845

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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
pen and ink, 1890s?
NPG 2858

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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
pen and ink, 1890s?
NPG 2860

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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
pen and ink, after 1896
NPG 2859

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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

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

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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1886-1896
NPG x12551

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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1886-1896
NPG x134497

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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery dressed as a gentleman of the 18th Century for the Devonshire House Ball

by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
contact print on gold-toned printing-out paper, 1897
NPG x88530

D9930

Practice and Precept

by Sir (John) Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1904
NPG D9930

D9821

Stiffening Their Necks

by Sir (John) Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1911
NPG D9821

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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative
NPG x82167

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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Gerrard
print, 1884
NPG x12890

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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by York & Son
lantern slide, 1890s
NPG x3660

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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd), photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897
NPG Ax41191

D41929

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

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

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

Related People
Margaret Etrenne Hannah ('Peggy') Crewe-Milne (née Primrose), Marchioness of Crewe (daughter)
Sybil Myra Caroline Grant (née Primrose) (daughter)
James Archibald Neil Primrose (son)
Hannah, Countess of Rosebery (wife)
(Albert Edward) Harry Mayer Archibald Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery (son)
Mary Evelyn Hungerford (née Crewe-Milnes), Duchess of Roxburghe (granddaughter)
Links
Dalmeny House, Edinburgh, Scotland
Category
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
Groups
British Prime Ministers
Place
Edinburgh