Neil Archibald Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery, 3rd Earl of Midlothian, 7th Viscount Inverkeithing, 3rd Viscount Mentmore, 4th Baron Rosebery and 3rd Baron Epsom (born 11 February 1929), is a Scottish nobleman.

Biography

The eldest surviving son of the 6th Earl of Rosebery

Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery

Albert Edward Harry Meyer Archibald Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery and 2nd Earl of Midlothian , known by his third name of Harry, was a UK politician who briefly served as Secretary of State for Scotland in 1945...

, his paternal grandmother was the heiress Hannah, Countess of Rosebery (daughter of Mayer de Rothschild

Mayer Amschel de Rothschild

Mayer Amschel de Rothschild of the English branch of the Rothschild family was the fourth and youngest son of Nathan Mayer Rothschild . He was named Mayer Amschel Rothschild, for his grandfather, the patriarch of the Rothschild family.-Life:Known to his family as "Muffy", he was born in New Court,...

) reputed during the late 19th century to be the richest woman in England.
After the death of his elder brother Archibald in 1931, he became heir apparent to his father and was styled Lord Primrose, as the courtesy title Lord Dalmeny was reserved for his late elder brother. Rosebery was educated at Stowe School

Stowe School

Stowe School is an independent school in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. It was founded on 11 May 1923 by J. F. Roxburgh, initially with 99 male pupils. It is a member of the Rugby Group and Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The school is also a member of the G20 Schools Group...

 and New College, Oxford

New College, Oxford

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. He married Alison Mary Deirdre Reid in 1955. He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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 of Midlothian in 1960 and succeeded his father as Earl in 1974.

Rosebery currently resides at the family seat Dalmeny House

Dalmeny House

Dalmeny House is a Gothic revival mansion located in an estate close to Dalmeny on the Firth of Forth, to the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was designed by William Wilkins, and completed in 1817.Dalmeny House is the home of the Earl and Countess of Rosebery. The house was the first in...

 near Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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 with his wife. The Earl and Countess of Rosebery have five children, four daughters and a son. Their son, and youngest child, Harry Primrose bears the courtesy title

Courtesy title

A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used for children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer. These styles are used 'by courtesy' in the sense that the relatives do not themselves hold substantive titles...

Lord Dalmeny as heir to the Rosebery Earldoms, Viscountcies, Baronies.