Eva Primrose, Countess of Rosebery

Eva Isabel Marion Primrose, Countess of Rosebery (17 June 1892 - 29 January 1987) was the daughter of Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare and his wife, Constance.

First marriage

Eva Bruce married, firstly, Algernon Strutt, 3rd Baron Belper on 26 April 1911 in St. Margaret's, Westminster. The couple were divorced in 1922 after having three children:

*Alexander Ronald George, later 4th Baron Belper (1912-1999)
*Hon. Michael (1914-1942)
* Hon. Lavinia Mary Strutt (1916-1995)

econd marriage

She married, secondly, Albert Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery on 24 June 1924 and they had one son:

* Neil Archibald, later 7th Earl of Rosebery (b. 1929)

She held the office of Justice of the Peace (JP) for Buckinghamshire. She was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1955.

She was awarded an honorary doctorate of Laws (LL.D) from the University of Edinburgh in 1957. She was decorated with the Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.

She was the mother-in-law of the Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk who married her daughter, Lavinia Strutt, in 1937.

The countess died on 29 January 1987, aged 94.

References

* Charles Mosley, editor, "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition", 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 1999), volume 1, page 9.
* Peter W. Hammond, editor, "The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda" (Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 86.
* Charles Mosley, editor, "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition", 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware:Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 1, page 340.