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| • | Sir Archibald Primrose, 1st baronet, Lord Carrington (1616-–1679) was a Scottish judge.
The son of James Primrose (d. 1641) he joined Montrose and was condemned for treason in 1646; after his release joined Charles II and was made a baronet in 1651 during the march to Worcester. His property wassequestrated after the battle. At the Restoration he was appointed Lord Clerk Register, and in 1661 was appointed a Lord of Session with the judicial title Lord Carrington, a lord of Exchequer, and a Privy Counsellor.
He was the principal author of the Rescissory Act of 1661, which ended Presbyterianism until the Act of 1690 re-established it again. In 1676 he was removed from the office of Lord Clerk Register and appointed Lord Justice General. He was deprived of this office in 1678.
1616 births|Primrose, Sir Archibald, 1st Baronet1679 deaths|Primrose, Sir Archibald, 1st BaronetScottish judges
Source: [wikipedia: archibald primrose, lord carrington]
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