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Country Code
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GB
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Repository Code
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800001
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Repository
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Private
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Reference
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NRAS2244
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Title
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Primrose Family, Earls of Rosebery, West Lothian
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Dates
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1361-1941
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Access Status
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Restricted
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Access Conditions
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These records are held privately. All enquiries should be addressed to:
The Registrar
National Register of Archives for Scotland
HM General Register House
Edinburgh
EH1 3YY
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Description
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Titles and related papers, 1723-93, including inventory of lands acquired post 1723, papers on fishings at Cramond, 1793, and succession to lands of Barnbougle, n.d.
Legal papers, 1662-1867
Estate papers, 1695-1898
Business papers, 1745-1868
Political correspondence and papers, 1700-1867, including copy letter by 1st Earl of Rosebery to Earl of Mar, thanking him for naming Rosebery as commissioner for treaty with England, 1700; letters to Lord Stair by 2nd earl respecting his political aspirations, 1732; from Duke of Argyll, William Pitt and others on local elections and patronage, 1767-1806; correspondence with Lord Lansdowne on Lord Rosebery's appointment as privy councillor, 1813; with Lords Auckland and Aberdeen on Rosebery's attempt to secure seat on Canadian bench for his brother F.W. Primrose, 1830-5; with Lord Grey on reform of parliamentary representation and with Sir John Dalrymple on electoral matters, 1831-48; correspondence regarding dissolution of Melbourne's government and formation of new administration by Sir Robert Peel, 1833-5; letter from Duke of Hamilton on agitated political state of Scotland, 1841; account of unrest in Ireland on eve of O'Connell's trial and apprehension at strength of Anti-Corn Law League in England, 1844; letter commenting on `new usurper in France' and revolutionary demonstration at Copenhagen Fields, 1851. List of freeholders in Edinburgh entitled to vote, n.d.
Personal correspondence and papers, 1687-1882
Estate and legal papers, 1763-1842, including: papers anent cottages in Dalmeny village designed by Thomas Brown, architect in Uphall, 1830; accounts of sale of wood at Barnbougle, 1813; rentals of lands at Whitburn and Livingstone, 1795; papers relating to valuation of Rosebery estates, 1763.
Correspondence on personal, social, and political matters, 1844-1919; subjects include the character of Woodrow Wilson, Viscount Allenby's Egyptian expeditionary force, Ruskin's influence on alterations at Wallington Hall, proposed peace terms with the Boers, the reform of the House of Lords, 1844-1919; correspondents include Florence Nightingale, Benjamin Jowett, Sir John E Millais, King George V, Margot Asquith, Sir George Trevelyan, Sir Harry Lauder, Lord Beaverbrook. Notes and draft speeches by Lord Rosebery, c 1891-1917; subjects include the Swaziland Convention, the character of Gladstone, the Gretna railway disaster, the reform of the House of Lords.
Earl of Rosebery, Dalmeny. Political and other correspondence, 1760-1916, including correspondence with Cecil Rhodes concerning British Foreign policy in Africa and related matters, 1892-1901; letters and papers relating to 5th Earl of Rosebery's racing interests, 1870-1916; letters and papers concerning members of the Pitt family particularly William Morton Pitt MP, William Pitt (statesman) Christopher Pitt (poet) and others, 1718-1832; social letters from Disraeli, 1866-72; correspondence on political matters from W H Asquith, 1892-1902; other correspondents include Andrew Carnegie, Count W Bismark, Joseph Chamberlain, Franz Liszt, Charles Dickens and Louis Pasteur. Correspondence and other papers concerning Sir Archibald Primrose, 1617-77, including volume of letters from Earl of Lauderdale. Barnbougle Barony Court Books, 1761-1803. Diaries and notes of 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1874-1916. Titles (transcripts), legal papers and correspondence concerning the history of the Earls of Rosebery and the Mentmore Estate, 1572-1913.
Pitt Papers and Related Correspondence NRAS2244/9/Bundles 96-98
This collection mainly relating to various members of the Pitt family including the statesman William Pitt (1759-1806) appears to have been gifted to the 5th Earl of Rosebery by a descendant of one of Pitt's political colleagues; however there is no reference in Rosebery's short biography of Pitt, published in 1891, to these papers.
Writs relating to lands in Edinburgh, West Lothian and Fife, 1531-1814; rentals, 1708-49; miscellaneous legal papers, 17th-18th century, including letters patent granting Sir James Primrose of Carrington (d. 1759), baronet, the titles of Viscount Primrose, Lord Primrose and Castlefield, 1703.
Factor's accounts for Dalmeny Park, West Lothian, 1814-67, including the building of Dalmeny House, 1815-26; gardener's accounts, 1815-32; agents' accounts, 1804-70; personal and household accounts of Archibald John Primrose (1783-1868), 4th Earl of Rosebery, 1832-68; Dalmeny estate papers, 1782-1869; accounts and legal papers for Norfolk estates, 1808-1867, including engravings and plans of Bixley Hall, 1781-1825; accounts of Warren Wood estate, Hatfield and Essendon, Hertfordshire, 1852-64; legal papers and accounts of Neil Primrose (1728-1814), 3rd Earl of Rosebery, 1771-1822, mostly executory, but including his admission as a Knight of The Thistle , c.1771; miscellaneous papers of Archibald John Primrose (1783-1868), 4th Earl of Rosebery, 1809-68.
Legal accounts of Archibald John Primrose (1783-1868), 4th Earl of Rosebery, 1843-66; vouchers and accounts of election, household and personal expenditure of Archibald Primrose (1809-1851), Lord Dalmeny, MP for Stirling burghs, 1833-48; vouchers of accounts of personal and household expenditure of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1866-72; rentals and accounts of Norfolk estates, 1868-70.
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Level
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Fonds
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Related Material
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Partly replaces NRAS 175. See also NRAS 2079.
Political papers of the 5th Earl are deposited in the National Library of Scotland Mss 10001-252.
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Associated Persons
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| ED320 | Archibald John Primrose 4th Earl of Rosebery |
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