Her grandfather was Sir Thomas Peter Anderson Stuart, who established the Medical School at the University of Sydney.
[2] Primrose Potter has been: director and Victorian chairman of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust 1989 to 1991; director of the Bell Shakespeare company 1990 to 1991; trustee of American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia since 1989; national president of the Australian Ballet Special Events Committee 1993; member of the Howard Florey Institute; member of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research; director of the Ian Potter Museum of Art from 1999; and life governor of the Ian Potter Foundation.
She has also raised funds for The Smith Family, the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, and the Victorian AIDS Council (VAC).
[4] In the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours, Lady Potter was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to the arts and the community.
[5] In 2003 she was promoted to Companion of the Order (AC) for leadership and for encouragement of support for critical community growth through fundraising and philanthropy in the arts, sciences, education and social welfare.