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Neil Primrose (born 20 February 1972) is the drummer of the Scottish rock quartet Travis. Biography
Neil Archibald Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery, 3rd Earl of Midlothian, DL (11 February 1929 – 30 June 2024) [1], styled Lord Primrose between 1931 and 1974, was a Scottish nobleman. He was a member of the House of Lords from 1974 to 1999.
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Primrose was born at Dalmeny House in Midlothian, Scotland, the second son of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Prime Minister to Queen Victoria from 1894 to 1895, and Hannah de Rothschild, daughter of Baron Mayer de Rothschild. He was the brother of Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery and writer Lady Sybil Grant. He was educated at Eton a...
Primrose entered the House of Commons at the January 1910 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wisbech. In 1913 he became a member of the Anglo-American Peace Centenary Committee. In February 1915 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in H. H. Asquith's Liberal administration, but was not offered a post when the...
Primrose was commissioned into the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars) in 1909. Promoted Captain in 1915, he was awarded the Military Cross in the King's Birthday Honours of June 1916. He died in November 1917 from wounds received in action at Gezer during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign while leading his squadron of the 1/1st Royal Buc...
When news of the death of Primrose reached the UK, Prime Minister David Lloyd George paid tribute in the House of Commons on 19 November 1917, alongside his report of the death of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude: Responding to the Prime Minister, the former Prime Minister H. H. Asquith(who had himself lost a son in 1916) referred to ...
Primrose married Lady Victoria Stanley, daughter of Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, on 7 April 1915.They had one daughter: Ruth Alice Hannah Mary Primrose (18 April 1916 – 1989), who married Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, on 25 April 1936. Lady Victoria married as her second husband Malcolm Bullock, and had one daughter, Priscilla, by him. ...
Portraits of Neil Primrose (1882-1917) at the National Portrait Gallery, LondonOct 31, 2008 · When you see the drummer from Travis ahead of you in the queue for airport security, do not worry. Although Neil Primrose's neck is made largely of metal, he will get through the detector just...
Jul 9, 2023 · Neil Primrose (born 20 February 1972) is the drummer of the Scottish rock quartet Travis. [1] Contents. Biography. Personal life. References. Biography. Primrose was born in Cumbernauld.
Nov 22, 2021 · Relaxing before yet another festival appearance, Neil Primrose – fried by, at that time, six years of album-tour-album-tour cycle – dived into a swimming pool in France. He knocked himself ...
Larry Heath sat down with band’s drummer, Neil Primrose, to discuss the album and their hiatus from music. How long has it been since you’ve been to Australia? It’s been a long time.
