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Rosebery

American

[rohz-buh-ree] / ˈroʊz bə ri /

noun

Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl of, 1847–1929, British statesman and author: prime minister 1894–95.

Rosebery British

/ -brɪ, ˈrəʊzbərɪ /

noun

Earl of , title of Archibald Philip Primrose . 1847–1929, British Liberal statesman; prime minister (1894–95)

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The colour is believed to be a homage to the fifth Earl of Rosebery, Archibald Primrose, a 19th Century Liberal prime minister and patron of Scottish football.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Glyn School in Ewell, Merstham Park in Redhill and Rosebery School in Epsom are to take part in the pilot.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025

Johnson became the first Prime Minister to lose his first vote in Parliament since the Earl of Rosebery, in 1894.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 6, 2019

The painting has never been restored and had only changed hands once before, when it was bought in 1878 by Archibald Primrose, the Earl of Rosebery, who later became a British prime minister.

From Reuters • Dec. 4, 2014

Lord Rosebery arrived in his mother's yacht and was the guest of the British ambassador, Sir Nicholas O'Conor.

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