The title Earl of Rosebery was created in the Peerage of Scotland for Archibald Primrose, 1st Viscount of Rosebery. His successor, the fifth Earl, was a politician who served as Foreign Secretary, Lord Privy Seal, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Lord President of the Council. In 1911, this Earl was created Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. ... The Right Honourable Archibald Primrose, 1st Earl of Rosebery (1661–1723) was a British Member of Parliament. ... The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is one of the traditional sinecure offices in the British Cabinet. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... The Office of Lord President of the Council is a British cabinet position, the holder of which acts as presiding officer of the Privy Council. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ...

In addition to the Earldoms of Rosebery and Midlothian, Lord Rosebery also holds the titles Viscount of Rosebery (created 1700), Viscount of Inverkeithing (1703), Viscount Mentmore, of Mentmore in the County of Buckingham (1911), Lord Primrose and Dalmeny, (1700), Lord Dalmeny and Primrose (1703), Baron Rosebery, of Rosebery in the County of Edinburgh (1828), and Baron Epsom, of Epsom in the County of Surrey (1911). All are in the Peerage of Scotland, except for the Viscountcy of Mentmore and the Baronies of Rosebery and Epsom, which are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The heir apparent to the Earl is usually styled Lord Dalmeny, but the current Earl, while heir apparent to his father, the 6th Earl, was styled Lord Primrose instead, to avoid using the same courtesy title as his elder half-brother, Archbald Ronald Primrose, who had been styled Lord Dalmeny before his death in 1930. The current heir has returned to the usual practice and is styled Lord Dalmeny. Jump to: navigation, search 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

The Earls of Rosebery reside at Dalmeny in Scotland, and until 1977 also resided at Mentmore Towers in England. Dalmeny, a large baronial mansion and estate on the Firth of Forth, just outside Edinburgh, is the home of the Earl and Countess of Rosebery. ... Timeline of Scottish history Caledonia List of not fully sovereign nations Subdivisions of Scotland National parks (Scotland) Traditional music of Scotland Flower of Scotland Wars of Scottish Independence National Trust for Scotland Historic houses in Scotland Castles in Scotland Museums in Scotland Abbeys and priories in Scotland Gardens in Scotland... Jump to: navigation, search For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Mentmore Towers is a large English country house in the village of Mentmore in Buckinghamshire. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK...

Earls of Rosebery (1703)

• Archibald Primrose, 1st Earl of Rosebery (1664-1723)
• James Primrose, 2nd Earl of Rosebery (1691-1765)
• Neil Primrose, 3rd Earl of Rosebery (1729-1814)
• Archibald John Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery (1783-1868)
• Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929)
• Albert Edward Harry Meyer Archibald Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery (1882-1974)
• Neil Archibald Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery (b. 1929)

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Lord Dalmeny's heir-apparent: Hon. Albert Caspian Harry Primrose (b. 2005) Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...