 He died from wounds received in action in Palestine in 1917.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 1894–95, 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.