Neil Primrose (politician)

Captain The Right Honourable Neil Primrose MC
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury with Lord Edmund Talbot
In office 14 December 1916 – 2 March 1917
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	Lord Edmund Talbot John Gulland
Succeeded by	Lord Edmund Talbot Hon. Frederick Guest
Personal details
Born	14 December 1882 (1882-12-14) Dalmeny House, Dalmeny, Midlothian
Died	15 November 1917 (1917-11-16) (aged 34) Gezer, Palestine
Resting place	Ramleh Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Lady Victoria Stanley (1892–1927)
Children	Ruth Wood, Countess of Halifax
Parent(s)	Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Hannah de Rothschild
Awards	Military Cross
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1909–1917
Rank	Captain
Unit	Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars
Battles/wars	First World War Sinai and Palestine Campaign

Neil James Archibald Primrose MC PC (14 December 1882 – 15 November 1917) was a British Liberal politician and soldier. The second son of Prime Minister Lord Rosebery, he represented Wisbech in parliament from 1910 to 1917 and served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1915 and as joint-Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 1916 to 1917. He died from wounds received in action in Palestine in 1917.