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The house of a great Victorian adventurer who married Britain’s richest heiress, won the Derby and became prime minister

When he wasn’t living an extraordinary life that involved politics, sport and marrying into the Rothschild millions, Archibald Primrose put his feet up in this beautiful Norfolk home.

Archibald Primrose, later 5th Lord Rosebery, reputedly had three aims in life: to marry an heiress, to win the Derby and to become Prime Minister. Archibald — who once lived at The Manor House, which we look at today — managed to achieve all three.

In 1878, he married Hannah de…

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