Archibald Primrose, Lord Carrington

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Sir Archibald Primrose, 1st baronet, Lord Carrington (May 16, 1616-–November 27, 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 was sequestrated 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.