(5th Earl, Archibald Primrose, 1847-1929, Prime Minister)
Fine Letter Signed with initials to Sir Frederick YOUNG
(1817-1913, Traveller and writer on Imperial Affairs), saying that he objects to dedications in general, but I shall be pleased to accept one from so old a friend as yourself..., 1 side 8vo., 38 Berkeley Square headed paper, 10th May
Rosebery was a Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895. Between the death of his father in 1851, and the death of his grandfather, the 4th Earl of Rosebery, in 1868, he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny.From a collection of letters to Sir Frederick Young.Young promoted the permanent union of the colonies with the United Kingdom, and published works on imperial federation and the empire. He also travelled widely, visiting Canada, Greece, South Africa and Turkey. In 1869 he began an association with the Royal Colonial Institute that was to last for the rest of his life.