Neil Primrose, 3rd Earl of Rosebery

Neil Primrose, 3rd Earl of Rosebery KT (1728 – 25 March 1814) was a Scottish peer and politician.

After inheriting the earldom, he left immediately for an 18-month Grand Tour, visiting Rome and Venice, where he spent a good deal of time with architect Robert Adam, whom he had known at home.

[2] On his return from his Grand Tour, he worked to free the Roseberry estate of debt, reorganise its farming practises, and plant trees.

Before his death in 1814, they lived at Barnbougle Castle and had five children, including:[1] Lord Rosebery died in Dalmeny on 25 March 1814 and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Archibald.

[1] Through his eldest son, he was a grandfather of Archibald John Primrose, Lord Dalmeny (1809–1851), who predeceased the 4th Earl so the earldom passed directly to his son, Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847–1929), who briefly served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1894 to 1895.