Tatler cover, Lord Rosebery & Hon. Neil Primrose

Archibald Philip Primrose, the 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847 - 1929), Prime Minister, statesman and author, pictured (right), walking with his son, the Hon. Neil Primrose (1882-1917), walking in Hyde Park on the morning of the latter's wedding to Lady Victoria Stanley, daughter of the 17th Earl of Derby on 7 April 1915. He served as a captain in the Royal Buckingham Hussars during the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross in 1916. He died in November 1917 from wounds received in action at Gezer during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign while leading his squadron against Turkish positions on the Abu Shusheh ridge during the Third Battle of Gaza

Archibald Primrose Rosebery Tatler

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