The Resume

(May 7, 1847-May 21, 1929)
Born in Berkeley Square, London, United Kingdom
Birth name was Archibald Primrose
Fith Earl of Rosebery
Lord Privy Seal (1885)
Foreign Secretary (1886,1892-94)
Prime Minister (1894-95)
Member of the Liberal Party

Why he might be annoying:

He violated Oxford rules by buying a racehorse (1868).
Told to either sell the horse or give up his studies, he chose the latter.
Like Oscar Wilde, he was hounded by the Marquess of Queensberry over his relationship with one of the Marquess' sons.
He rode around London in a carriage trying to cure his insomnia.
His time as Prime Minister was unsuccessful, with his domestic plans thwarted by the House of Lords and his foreign policies undermined by dissension in his own party.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was such a promising politician that both Disraeli and Gladstone tried to persuade him to join their respective parties.
When Gladstone named him Foreign Minister, Queen Victoria called it 'the only really good appointment' in the government.
His son Neill died in World War I.
In college, he said he had three goals in life: to win the Derby, to marry an heiress and to become Prime Minister. He accomplished all three.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Allegedly Gay Men
• British Prime Ministers (Ranked: 33)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 07]
• Eminent Victorians
• Horse Owners
• I Attended Eton
• I Attended Oxford
• I Died in 1929 (Ranked: 82)
• I Had a Stroke [Cerebral Vascular Accident]
• I Have Insomnia
• I Outlived My Child
• Monarchs, Royalty and Nobles
• Profiles 21501-21750 (Ranked: 21578)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 75 Votes: 57.33% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 54 Votes: 75.93% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 71 Votes: 66.20% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 40 Votes: 35.00% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 38 Votes: 55.26% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 214 Votes: 43.93% Annoying