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Dalmeny House, near Edinburgh born Harry Primrose, the 6th Earl of Rosebery, better known as Lord Dalmeny, was a prominent cricketer. He had scored 52 for Eton against Harrow in 1900 and after having played for Buckinghamshire in 1901, he played two first class matches for Middlesex in 1902. He first played for Surrey against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia in 1903 and began playing occasionally for Surrey in the County side in 1904.
By 1905 his forceful batting and obvious qualities of leadership prompted the Surrey committee to offer him the county captaincy aged 23, and he served as captain of Surrey from 1905 to August 1907, when other activities compelled him to retire as captain. In his three years of county captaincy his average was in the twenties and he twice passed 1000 runs and Surrey finished fourth, third and fourth in the County Championship in this period. He played in 102 first class matches in all with his last match coming in 1920, scoring 3,551 runs at an average of 22.47, including 2 centuries, both in 1905 at The Oval against Leicestershire and Warwickshire, and 19 half centuries with a highest score of 138. It was Lord Dalmeny who actually preceded Jack Hobbs in the batting averages, who awarded him his County cap after his second match that season.
He was a hitter of notable power and though never consistent he could on occasions “knock the best bowling all over the field”, as when he hit 58 against Hallam on a difficult wicket at The Oval in 1905. He also took 3 first class wickets as a very occasional bowler with a best of 2-16, and pouched 50 catches. He also played for Scotland against the Australians. He was later President of Surrey from 1947 to 1949 and President of M.C.C. in 1953-54.
In 1929 Lord Dalmeny succeeded to the title of Lord Rosebery upon the death of his father. Rosebery was notable in horseracing circles for winning The Derby with Blue Peter and Ocean Swell, and winning most other classic British flat races, with horses bred at his Mentmore and Crafton Studs.
During the First World War, he served in France from 1914 to 1917 as Camp Commandant and ADC to General Allenby and subsequently in Palestine as Allenby’s Military Secretary.
His son Archie, aka Lord Dalmeny Junior, played 3 first class matches for Oxford University and Middlesex but tragically died of blood poisoning in 1931, aged 21.
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