Biography of Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery 1783-1868

In or before 1776 [his father] Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery [aged 46] and [his mother] Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Rosebery. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of [his grandfather] James Primrose 2nd Earl Rosebery and [his grandmother] Mary Campbell Countess Rosebery.

On 14th October 1783 Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery was born to Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery [aged 54] and Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery [aged 31].

On 27th May 1800 [his brother-in-law] Kenneth Alexander Howard 1st Earl of Effingham [aged 32] and [his sister] Charlotte Primrose Countess Effingham [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Baroness Howard of Effingham. She the daughter of [his father] Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery [aged 71] and [his mother] Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery [aged 48]. They were first cousin once removed.

In 1808 Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery [aged 24] and Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden [aged 17] were married. He the son of Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery [aged 79] and Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery [aged 55].

On 7th August 1809 Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet [aged 22] and [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Bouverie were married. He would later marry her sister [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden [aged 18]; an example of Married to Two Siblings.

On 2nd October 1809 [his son] Archibald John Primrose was born to Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery [aged 25] and [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden [aged 18]. He married 20th September 1843 Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland, daughter of Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope and Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope, and had issue.

In 1810 [his daughter] Harriet Primrose was born to Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery [aged 26] and [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden [aged 19].

In 1812 [his daughter] Mary Anne Primrose was born to Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery [aged 28] and [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden [aged 21].

In 1813 [his son] Bouverie Francis Primrose was born to Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery [aged 29] and [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden [aged 22]. He married Frederica Sophia Anson, daughter of Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson.

In 1813 Paulet St John-Mildmay [aged 21] and Anna Maria Wyndham Bouverie were married. His brother Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet [aged 25] had been married to her sister [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Bouverie, and would, in 1815 marry another sister, [his wife] Harriet [aged 22]; Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings.

In 1814 [his father] Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery [aged 85] died. His son Archibald [aged 30] succeeded 4th Earl Rosebery. [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden [aged 23] by marriage Countess Rosebery.

In 1815 Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet [aged 27] and Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden [aged 24] were married. She the sister of his first wife Charlotte Bouverie; an example of Married to Two Siblings. Further, his brother Paulet St John-Mildmay [aged 23] had two years before, in 1813, marry Anna Maria Wyndham Bouverie, sister of Harriet and Charlotte; Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. Further still, Harriet, Charlotte and Anna Maria's first cousin William Pleydell-Bouverie 3rd Earl Radnor [aged 35] married Henry and Paulet's sister Judith [aged 24].

In 1815 Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery [aged 31] divorced [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden [aged 24] after she eloped with Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet [aged 27] who had previously been married to her sister [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Bouverie who had died in childbirth five years previously.

In 1819 Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery [aged 35] and Anna Margaret Anson Countess Camden [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Countess Camden. He the son of Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery and Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery [aged 66].

On 11th February 1819 [his brother-in-law] Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 23] and Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 19] were married.

On 22nd August 1820 [his daughter] Anne Primrose was born to Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery [aged 36] and [his wife] Anna Margaret Anson Countess Camden [aged 23].

On 4th May 1822 [his daughter] Louisa Primrose was born to Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery [aged 38] and [his wife] Anna Margaret Anson Countess Camden [aged 25].

On 9th March 1823 [his mother] Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery [aged 70] died.

In 1826 [his daughter] Mary Anne Primrose [aged 14] died.

On 9th December 1834 [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden [aged 44] died.

In 1837 [his brother-in-law] Kenneth Alexander Howard 1st Earl of Effingham [aged 69] was created 1st Earl of Effingham. [his sister] Charlotte Primrose Countess Effingham [aged 61] by marriage Countess of Effingham.

On 9th May 1839 Francis George Hugh Seymour-Conway 5th Marquess Hertford [aged 27] and [his sister-in-law] Frances Elizabeth Anson Marchioness Hertford [aged 29] were married.

On 20th September 1843 Archibald John Primrose [aged 33] and Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope [aged 61] and Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope. He the son of Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery [aged 59] and Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden.

On 23rd January 1851 [his son] Archibald John Primrose [aged 41] died.

On 18th March 1854 [his brother-in-law] Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 58] died. His son Thomas [aged 28] succeeded 2nd Earl Lichfield, 3rd Viscount Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire and 3rd Baron Soberton of Soberton in Hampshire

On 17th September 1862 [his daughter] Anne Primrose [aged 42] died.

On 17th September 1864 [his sister] Charlotte Primrose Countess Effingham [aged 88] died.

On 4th March 1868 Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery [aged 84] died. His grandson Archibald [aged 20] succeeded 5th Earl Rosebery.

On 19th August 1882 [his former wife] Anna Margaret Anson Countess Camden [aged 85] died.