29 Facts About Philip Primrose

Philip Carteret Hill Primrose was a Canadian police officer and the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.

Philip Primrose attended the Pictou Academy before graduating from the Royal Military College in 1885.

Philip Primrose was born in 1864 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the second of three children of Alexander and Elizabeth Catherine Rebecca Philip Primrose.

Philip Primrose was named after a good friend of his father, Philip Carteret Hill.

Philip Primrose was a descendant of the United Empire Loyalists.

Philip Primrose remained in Canada after graduation, rejecting the option of accepting a commission in the British Army.

Philip Primrose was appointed an Inspector of the North-West Mounted Police on August 1,1885, and was sworn in on August 31 of the same year.

In 1898, at the outbreak of the Klondike Gold Rush, Philip Primrose was assigned to the Yukon, where he was stationed at the H Division in Tagish.

Philip Primrose became superintendent of that division in October 1899, then was transferred to become superintendent of the B Division one month later.

Philip Primrose supervised the 1900 Yukon census, reporting to the Commissioner that the territory's population was 16,463.

Philip Primrose became a prominent landowner during his time in Macleod, owning several lots in town, as well as a section outside.

Philip Primrose was appointed a commissioner of police in the new province of Alberta in November 1911.

Philip Primrose accepted, as he had always wanted to retire in the city.

Philip Primrose was president of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Veterans' Association in 1922; he lobbied hard for adequate pensions for veterans.

On September 10,1936, on the advice of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, Primrose was appointed to the office of Lieutenant Governor of Alberta by Governor General John Buchan, succeeding William L Walsh, his old friend.

On January 8,1902, Philip Primrose married Lily Deane.

Philip Primrose was the daughter of Superintendent Richard Burton Deane of the North-West Mounted Police.

Philip Primrose's oldest son, Neil Philip was a lawyer, practicing in Vegreville and Edmonton.

One of his grandchildren, John Nairn Philip Primrose won trap shooting championships at the Commonwealth Games in 1974 and 1978 respectively, as well as going on to win two world championships, and, in 1981, was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada.

Philip Primrose Lake was named after him in 1900, while he was Inspector in charge of the Tagish branch of the NWMP.

In 1927, Philip Primrose was made a life member of the Army, Navy, and Veterans' Association in Edmonton.

Philip Primrose received the RCMP Long Service Medal in 1935.

Philip Primrose was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Canada.

Philip Primrose died on March 17,1937, in Edmonton, while still occupying the office of Lieutenant Governor, a post he had held for only 167 days.

Philip Primrose was the first Lieutenant Governor of Alberta to die in office.

Philip Primrose had suffered a heart attack, with pre-existing complications from a long, undisclosed illness.

At his request, Philip Primrose was dressed in the uniform of a NWMP Inspector.

Philip Primrose was interred at the RNWMP plot at the Edmonton Cemetery.

Philip Primrose was one of the outstanding officers of the force.