 Rosebery 's frequent absences from his wife fuelled gossip that he was a secret homosexual . It has been claimed that the inscrutable air that Rosebery wore was a mask to disguise his secret homosexual life . The worry of this illegal secret , it was claimed , and fear of exposure , caused his insomnia and bouts of depression . It was even whispered that his Barnbougle Castle retreat was really a venue for clandestine assignations with young men . Rosebery 's possible homosexuality has been much discussed in recent times . Nothing conclusive has ever been found one way or the other , but it is possible that he had homosexual experiences while in the care of a paedophile housemaster at Eton in his youth . No evidence exists that his wife was aware of these rumours against her husband , or even that she would have understood them , bearing in mind her sheltered upbringing and limited education . Sex education was not part of a 19th @-@ century upper @-@ class girl 's schooling . The more public and precise accusations of Rosebery 's homosexuality by the Marquess of Queensberry did not occur until three years after Lady Rosebery 's death . 
 Rosebery <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>frequent absences from his wife <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>fuelled</mark></a> gossip that he was a secret homosexual . It <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> been claimed that the inscrutable air <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>that</mark></a>Rosebery wore was a mask to disguise his secret homosexual life . The worry of this illegal secret , it was claimed , and fear of exposure , caused his insomnia and bouts of depression . It was even whispered that his Barnbougle Castle retreat was really a venue for clandestine assignations with young men . Rosebery <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>possible homosexuality <a href='been_done' title='6'><mark>has</mark></a> been much discussed in recent times . <a href='negative_inversion' title='7'><mark>Nothing</mark></a> conclusive <a href='been_done' title='8'><mark>has</mark></a> ever been found one way or the other , but it is possible that he had homosexual experiences while in the care of a paedophile housemaster at Eton in his youth . No evidence <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>exists</mark></a> that his wife was aware of these rumours against her husband , or even that she would <a href='been_done' title='10'><mark>have</mark></a> understood them , bearing in mind her sheltered upbringing and limited education . Sex education <a href='negative_concord' title='11'><mark>was</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='12'><mark>not</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='13'><mark>part</mark></a> of a 19th @-@ century upper @-@ class girl <a href='null_genetive' title='14'><mark>'s</mark></a>schooling . The more public and precise accusations of Rosebery <a href='null_genetive' title='15'><mark>'s</mark></a>homosexuality by the Marquess of Queensberry did not occur until three <a href='negative_concord' title='16'><mark>years</mark></a> after Lady Rosebery <a href='null_genetive' title='17'><mark>'s</mark></a>death . 
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