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Code	DS/UK/282
Name	Primrose; Sir; Henry William (1846-1923); Knight; civil servant
Dates and Places	b. Edinburgh, 22 Aug 1846; d. 17 Jun 1923, London.
Surname	Primrose
Forenames	Henry William
History	Entered the Treasury in 1869. One of W E Gladstone's secretaries, Apr-Jun 1880, then went to India as secretary to Lord Ripon, viceroy. In 1884 he returned to Gladstone's service until the fall of the ministry in 1885. In Gladstone's government of 1886 he was head of the Downing Street secretariat. In 1887 Primrose was appointed secretary to the office of works, and in 1895 was apppointed chairman of the Board of Customs, and in 1899 of the Board of Inland Revenue. He retired from the civil service in 1907, but continued to be active in public life.
Rules	International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Source	ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35613

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MCR/1/1/46	Scotland: Miscellaneous	2 Oct 1880-16 Jul 1924

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