Bouverie Francis Primrose, of Roseberry

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Biographical Summary

Primrose, Bouverie Francis. 19/09/1813-20/03/1898. Ref: 1222. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: Honorable, CB.
• Profession: Administrator.
• Appointments Held: Receiver-General 1839, Post Office Scotland; Secretary-1882, Joint Boards of Manufactures and Fisheries.
• Undergraduate Studies: Cambridge University.
• Marital Status: Married (1838) Fredericker Sophia Lichfield.
• Mother: Henrietta Bouverie.
• Father: Archibald John Primrose,4th Earl of Rosebery, 1783-1868.
• Other Family: Uncle of 5th Earl of Rosebery FRSE1847-1929, Granduncle of 6th Earl of Rosebery FRSE 1882-1974.
• References: Proc Roy Soc Edinb, 22,1897-9, 721-2.
• Date of Election: 19/03/1849.
• Proposers: Sir John Archibald Murray (Lord Murray), 16/12/1848, (ms Proposal NLS Acc 10,000/47).
• Service to the RSE: Councillor 1854-7.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 751