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Lord Dalmeny was MP for Stirling from 1832 to 1847 and served as First Lord of the Admiralty under Lord Melbourne.
This sentence misstates both Dalmeny’s constituency and his Admiralty office: he represented Stirling Burghs, not the county seat of Stirling, and he was a Lord/Civil Lord of the Admiralty, not First Lord of the Admiralty.
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UK Parliament’s Hansard person record for Lord Dalmeny lists his constituency as "Stirling District of Burghs" from 1832 to 1847, not "Stirling." The same official page gives his office as "Lord of the Admiralty 1835–1841". A standard reference biography likewise says he "became a lord of the admiralty under Melbourne"—that is, one of the Lords Commissioners, not the cabinet post of First Lord of the Admiralty. So the article overstates both the constituency name and the office he held.
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- Lord Dalmeny (Hansard)
Constituencies: Stirling District of Burghs December 10, 1832 - July 29, 1847. Offices: Lord of the Admiralty 1835 - 1841.
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of
...she married... Archibald, Lord Dalmeny (1809-1851), member for the Stirling Burghs, who became a lord of the admiralty under Melbourne.
then permanently retired from politics.
Rosebery did not retire from politics permanently in 1896. He remained politically active for years afterward and only withdrew altogether in 1905.
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The official GOV.UK past-prime-ministers biography says Rosebery resigned as Liberal leader in 1896 but then became leader of the Liberal Imperialist division of the party and retired from politics altogether in 1905. A major reference work likewise shows that after resigning the leadership in October 1896 he soon re-entered political controversy: by 1898 he was publicly supporting Salisbury on Fashoda, in 1901 he emerged as champion of the Liberal Imperialists, and in 1902 he was involved in the Liberal League. So describing 1896 as the point when he "permanently retired from politics" is incorrect.
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- History of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery - GOV.UK
In the following year, he resigned as Liberal leader in the interests of party unity. He became the leader of the Liberal Imperialist division of the party, but retired from politics altogether in 1905...
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of
...on the 8th of October 1896 he announced... his resignation... and for some time he held aloof from party politics... In the autumn of 1898 he gave valuable support... in July 1901 he at last came forward strongly as the champion of the Liberal Imperialist section.