Philip Carteret Hill Primrose (1864 - 1937)

Born 23 Oct 1864 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died 17 Mar 1937 at age 72 in Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada

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Biography

Philip Carteret Hill Primrose was born on October 23, 1864, at Halifax, Nova Scotia.^[1] He was the son of Alexander Primrose and Elizabeth Daly. His father was a Halifax barrister and upon his father's death, Philip and his mother moved to Pictou, Nova Scotia. Philip Primrose attended the Pictou Academy and graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada at Kingston, Ontario.

Upon graduation from the Royal Military College of Canada, Philip C.H. Primrose was appointed an Inspector in the North-West Mounted Police on August 1, 1885. He was first stationed at Regina but was soon transferred to Fort Saskatchewan. He also served at Wood Mountain, Calgary, and Macleod. On October 14, 1899, he was promoted to the rank of Superintendent. In that year, he was sent to the Klondike where he spent more than four years during the great Yukon gold rush. Philip then returned to Macleod and remained there as Commanding Officer until 1913, when he proceeded to Royal North-West Mounted Police Headquarters to organize the Criminal Investigation Branch. He resigned from the force on April 15, 1915, and subsequently served as Police Magistrate for the City of Edmonton from 1915 to 1935. Some 40,000 cases were tried before him. During World War I, Primrose was Commanding Officer of the Edmonton Reserve Battalion, Canadian Army.

Philip C.H. Primrose was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Alberta effective October 1, 1936. Primrose died on March 17, 1937, at Edmonton, Alberta, having served as Alberta's Lieutenant Governor only six months. He was buried in the Edmonton Cemetery. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth registration for Philip C. Hull Primrose, Registration Year: 1864, Book: 1809, Page: 11, Number: 283, Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics.
2. ↑ Legislative Assembly of Alberta article The Honourable Colonel Philip C.H. Primrose, 1936-37

• 1916 Canada Census Edmonton West, Alberta, Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1916/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=207262)

• Find a Grave memorial page for Philip Carteret Hill Primrose (3 Oct 1864–17 Mar 1937), Find a Grave Memorial no. 53660409, citing Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada ; Maintained by Alison (contributor 46917968) .