Earl of Northesk
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Peerage of Scotland
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. It was created in 1662 for John Carnegie
John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk
John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk , was a Scottish noble who supported the Royalist cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.-Biography:...
, who notably served as Sheriff of Forfarshire. He was given the subsidiary title of Lord Rosehill and Eglismauldie (or Inglismaldie) at the same time. Carnegie had already been created Earl of Ethie and Lord Lour in 1647 but relinquished those titles in exchange for the 1662 creations. For the purposes of precedence
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and seniority, the earldom of Northesk is treated as having been created in 1647, the date of the creation of the earldom of Ethie. Lord Northesk's great-grandson, the fourth Earl, sat in the House of Lords
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as a Scottish Representative Peer
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from 1708 to 1715. His younger son, the sixth Earl, was an Admiral
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in the Royal Navy
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He was succeeded by his son, the seventh Earl. He was also an Admiral in the Navy and was third in command at the Battle of Trafalgar
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. Lord Northesk was also a Scottish Representative Peer between 1796 and 1807 and 1830 and 1831. His grandson, the ninth Earl, was a Scottish Representative Peer from 1885 to 1891. He was succeeded by his son, the tenth Earl, who served as a Scottish Representative Peer from 1900 to 1921. His son, the eleventh Earl, was a Scottish Representative Peer from 1959 to 1963, when all Scottish peers were given an automatic seat in the House of Lords. He was succeeded by his first cousin, the twelfth Earl. He was the son of the Hon. Douglas George Carnegie, second son of the ninth Earl. The fourteenth Earl was one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that were allowed to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999
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, and sat on the Conservative
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benches. He died without surviving male issue, so the title passed to a distant cousin through the second Earl.
David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk
David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk
Sir David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk, 1st Baron Carnegie of Kinnaird, 1st Baron Carnegie, of Kinnaird and Leuchards was a Scottish nobleman. He was a member of the Privy Council of Scotland and held the office of Lord of Session...
, was the elder brother of the first Earl. Another member of the Carnegy family is Elizabeth Patricia Carnegy, Baroness Carnegy of Lour. She is a descendant of the Hon. Patrick Carnegie of Lour, third son of the second Earl of Northesk.
The earldom is named after the River Esk
River North Esk
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in Angus. The family seat is Ethie Castle
Ethie Castle
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, near Arbroath
Arbroath
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, Scotland
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Earls of Northesk (1647/1662)
- John Carnegie, 1st Earl of NortheskJohn Carnegie, 1st Earl of NortheskJohn Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk , was a Scottish noble who supported the Royalist cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.-Biography:...
(c. 1580–1667) - David Carnegie, 2nd Earl of NortheskDavid Carnegie, 2nd Earl of NortheskDavid Carnegie, 2nd Earl of Northesk was born the son of John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk and Magdalen Haliburton before 1627. He died on 12 December 1679....
(b. before 1627–1679) - David Carnegie, 3rd Earl of NortheskDavid Carnegie, 3rd Earl of NortheskDavid Carnegie, 3rd Earl of Northesk was born the son of David Carnegie, 2nd Earl of Northesk and Lady Jean Maule, daughter of Patrick Maule, 1st Earl of Panmure in November 1643....
(1643–1688) - David Carnegie, 4th Earl of NortheskDavid Carnegie, 4th Earl of NortheskDavid Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk was born the son of David Carnegie, 3rd Earl of Northesk and Elizabeth Lindsay. He was born before 1685 and died on 14 January 1729....
(b. before 1685 d. 1729) - David Carnegie, 5th Earl of NortheskDavid Carnegie, 5th Earl of NortheskDavid Carnegie, 5th Earl of Northesk was the son of David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk and Lady Margaret Wemyss. He died at the age of 40, unmarried....
(1701–1741) - George Carnegie, 6th Earl of NortheskGeorge Carnegie, 6th Earl of NortheskAdmiral George Carnegie, 6th Earl of Northesk was born the son of David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk and Lady Margaret Wemyss on 2 August 1716. He died on 20 January 1792 at age 75....
(1716–1792) - William Carnegie, 7th Earl of NortheskWilliam Carnegie, 7th Earl of NortheskAdmiral William Carnegie GCB, 7th Earl of Northesk was born in Hampshire to Admiral George Carnegie, 6th Earl of Northesk and Anne Melville.-Naval career:...
(1758–1831) - William Hopetoun Carnegie, 8th Earl of NortheskWilliam Carnegie, 8th Earl of NortheskWilliam Hopetoun Carnegie, 8th Earl of Northesk was born the son of Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk and Mary Ricketts on 16 October 1794. He died on 5 December 1878 at age 84....
(1794–1878) - George John Carnegie, 9th Earl of NortheskGeorge Carnegie, 9th Earl of NortheskLieutenant-Colonel George John Carnegie, 9th Earl of Northesk was born the son of William Carnegie, 8th Earl of Northesk and Georgiana Maria Elliot on 1 December 1843. He died on 9 September 1891 at age 47....
(1843–1891) - David John Carnegie, 10th Earl of NortheskDavid Carnegie, 10th Earl of NortheskDavid John Carnegie, 10th Earl of Northesk , a Scottish representative peer, was born the son of Lt.-Col. George Carnegie, 9th Earl of Northesk and Elizabeth Georgina Frances Elliot on 1 December 1865. He died on 5 December 1921 at age 56....
(1865–1921) - David Ludovic George Hopetoun Carnegie, 11th Earl of NortheskDavid Carnegie, 11th Earl of NortheskDavid Ludovic George Hopetoun Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk , elected a Scottish representative peer, was also an Olympic medallist....
(1901–1963) - John Douglas Carnegie, 12th Earl of NortheskJohn Carnegie, 12th Earl of NortheskJohn Douglas Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk was born the son of Lt.-Col. Hon. Douglas Carnegie and Margaret Jean Johnstone-Douglas on 16 February 1895...
(1895–1975) - Robert Andrew Carnegie, 13th Earl of NortheskRobert Carnegie, 13th Earl of NortheskRobert Andrew Carnegie, 13th Earl of Northesk was a British hereditary peer. He was the son of John Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk and Dorothy May Campion....
(1926–1994) - David John MacRae Carnegie, 14th Earl of NortheskDavid Carnegie, 14th Earl of NortheskDavid John MacRae Carnegie, 14th Earl of Northesk was a British hereditary peer, landowner and member of the House of Lords.David Carnegie was the son of Robert, the 13th Earl , and Jean Margaret MacRae...
(1954–2010) - Patrick Charles Carnegy, 15th Earl of NortheskPatrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of NortheskPatrick Charles Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk is a British hereditary peer, journalist and scholar.Carnegy was educated at Rugby School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matriculating in 1960...
(b. 1940)
The heir presumptive
Heir Presumptive
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is the present holder's brother, Colin David Carnegy (b. 1942)
The heir presumptive's heir apparent
Heir apparent
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is his son, Charles Alexander Carnegy (b. 1975), who married Abigail Sophie Draper in 2008
External links
- Earl of Northesk Open Rights Group