Constituency : Midlothian 1906-10
Harry is the second of our MPs to survive into my lifetime. He took over from the Master of Elibank who switched seats to Peebles and Selkirk where he ejected the Liberal Unionist Walter Thorburn.
Harry was the son and heir of Lord Rosebery who was never an MP himself because he succeeded to the title at 21. He was educated at Eton and Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1902. Like his father he owned racehorses and won the Epsom Derby twice. He played cricket for Surrey and Middlesex..
By 1910 , Rosebery had become almost completely detatched from the Liberal Party making it awkward for Harry to continue as an MP so he stepped down in January.
Harry served in France during World War One from 1914-17 serving General Allenby then followed him to Palestine where his brother Neil was killed.
Harry succeeded his father in 1929.
Harry gave his allegiance to Simon's National Liberals when the party split in the early thirties.
From 1941 Harry was Regional Commissioner of Civil Defence for Scotland. He was very briefly Secretary of State for Scotland between the end of the war and the 1945 election.
Harry was President of the National Liberals from 1945 to 1957.
He died in 1974 aged 92.
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