Arthur Archibald Primrose Years in office: 1902-1905 Born: 25 July 1848 Nickname: "Bloody Balfour" Title: The Earl of Balfour Age assumed office: 53 years 352 days Total time in office: 3 years 145 days Prime Minister of the United Kingdom In office 5 March 1894 – 22 June 1895 Monarch Victoria Preceded by William Ewart Gladstone Succeeded by The Marquess of Salisbury Leader of the Opposition In office 22 June 1895 – 6 October 1896 Monarch Victoria Prime Minister The Marquess of Salisbury Preceded by The Marquess of Salisbury Succeeded by Sir William Harcourt Lord President of the Council In office 10 March 1894 – 21 June 1895 Monarch Victoria Prime Minister Himself Preceded by The Earl of Kimberley Succeeded by The Duke of Devonshire Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs In office 18 August 1892 – 10 March 1894 Monarch Victoria Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone Preceded by The Marquess of Salisbury Succeeded by The Earl of Kimberley In office 6 February 1886 – 3 August 1886 Monarch Victoria Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone Preceded by The Marquess of Salisbury Succeeded by The Earl of Iddesleigh Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal In office 5 March 1885 – 9 June 1885 Monarch Victoria Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone Preceded by The Lord Carlingford Succeeded by The Earl of Harrowby First Commissioner of Works In office 13 February 1885 – 9 June 1885 Monarch Victoria Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone Preceded by George Shaw-Lefevre Succeeded by David Plunket Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department In office August 1881 – June 1883 Monarch Victoria Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone Preceded by Leonard Courtney Succeeded by J. T. Hibbert Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal In office 7 May 1868 – 21 May 1929 Hereditary peerage Preceded by The 4th Earl of Rosebery Succeeded by The 6th Earl of Rosebery Personal details Born Archibald Philip Primrose 7 May 1847 Mayfair, Middlesex, England Died 21 May 1929 (aged 82) Epsom, Surrey, England Resting place Dalmeny Parish Church, Edinburgh, Scotland Political party Liberal Spouse(s) Hannah de Rothschild ? ?(m. 1878; died 1890)? Children 4, including Sybil, Harry, and Neil Parent(s) Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny Wilhelmina Powlett, Duchess of Cleveland Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford