Earls of Northesk (1662)
1st Earl of Northesk, John Carnegie, b.c.1579, a.1662, d.1667
John Carnegie was the son of the prominent politician and Privy
Counsellor David Carnegie (b.?, d.1598) and Eupheme Wemyss (b.?, d.1593) and the
younger brother of David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk,
the two titles originating from the neighbouring rivers in Angus. His father
had passed to him the estate of Aithie in Forfarshire. In 1639 he was raised to
the peerage as 1st Lord Lour and in 1647 was created 1st
Earl of Ethie and 1st Lord Lour & Egglismadie. A prominent
Royalist, he was fined during Cromwell’s Act of Grace and Pardon in 1654. In
1662 he succeeded in exchanging his earlier titles for the newer titles of 1st
Earl of Northesk and 1st Lord Rosehill & Eglismauldie.
2nd Earl of Northesk, David Carnegie, b.b.1627, a.1667,
d.1679
Son of the 1st Earl and Magdalen Haliburton (b.c.1580,
d.1650), daughter of Sir James Haliburton of Pitcur.
3rd Earl of Northesk, David Carnegie, b.1643, a.1679, d.1688
Son of the 2nd Earl and Lady Jean Maule (b.?, d.1685),
daughter of Patrick Maule, 1st Earl of Panmure.
4th Earl of Northesk, David Carnegie, b.?, a.1688, d.1729
Son of the 3rd Earl and Lady Elizabeth Lindsay, daughter of
John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford. He
was made a Privy Counsellor in 1698 and took over as Sheriff of Forfarshire in
1702 (an hereditary post shared by various members of the extended Carnegie
family). He served as a Commissioner on the Scottish Parliament and was Lord of
Police. A supporter of the Union, he was a Representative Peer from 1708 to
1715.
5th Earl of Northesk, David Carnegie, b.1701, a.1729, d.1741
Son of the 4th Earl and Lady Margaret Wemyss, daughter of James
Wemyss, Lord Burntisland, and Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss. He died unmarried.
6th Earl of Northesk, George Carnegie, b.1716, a.1741, d.1792
Younger brother of the 5th Earl. He joined the Royal Navy in 1737
and served on HMS Preston in 1744 and HMS Oxford in 1755. He reached the rank
of Admiral of the White.
7th Earl of Northesk, William Carnegie, b.1756, a.1792,
d.1831
Son of the 6th Earl and Lady Anne Leslie-Melville (b.?,
d.1779), daughter of Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven. He joined the Royal Navy in 1771 and served during
the American War of Independence, being promoted to Commander in 1780 and then Post
Captain in 1782, and given command of HMS Enterprise. In 1797, while in
commands of HMS Monmouth, he was involved in the Nore Mutiny, and removed of
his command following his failure to maintain order, although he sympathised
with the mutineers. He was re-instated in 1803 and raised to Rear-Admiral, with
his flagship HMS Britannia. He took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, although
third in command after Nelson and Collingwood. Following this he was promoted
to full Admiral in 1814 and invested as a Knight Grand Cross in the Order of
the Bath in 1815. He was also given the ceremonial posts of Rear-Admiral of
Great Britain in 1821 and Commander-in-Chief of Plymouth in 1827. He also served
as a Representative Peer from 1796 to 1807. At his death he was buried alongside
Nelson and Collingwood in St Paul’s Cathedral.
8th Earl of Northesk, William Hopetoun Carnegie, b.1794,
a.1831, d.1878
Son of the 7th Earl and Mary Ricketts (b.?, d.1836).
9th Earl of Northesk, George John Carnegie, b.1843, a.1878,
d.1891
Son of the 8th Earl and Georgiana Maria Elliot (b.?, d.1874),
daughter of Admiral George Elliot and grand-daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st
Earl of Minto. He joined the 1st Dragoons in
1862 before transferring to the Scots Fusilier Guards as a Lieutenant. He
reached the rank of Captain in 1866 and of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1873 and was a
Representative Peer from 1885 to 1891.
10th Earl of Northesk, David John Carnegie, b.1865, a.1891,
d.1921
Son of the 9th Earl and
11th Earl of Northesk, David Ludovic George Hopetoun
Carnegie, b.1901, a.1921, d.1963
Son of the 10th Earl and Elizabeth Boyle Hallowes (b.?,
d.1950). He won a bronze medal at the 1928 Winter Olympics and served in the
Intelligence Corps during the Second World War, given the nominal rank of Major
at his retrial. He had no children.
12th Earl of Northesk, John Douglas Carnegie, b.1895, a.1963,
d.1975
Grandson of the 9th Earl and son of Douglas George Carnegie
(b.1870, d.1937) and Margaret Jean Johnstone-Douglas (b.1872, d.1960), a
descendent of the 1st Earl of Queensberry
by way of the Baronets Douglas of Kelhead. Educated at Gresham’s School and
King’s College Cambridge, he fought in the First World War and reached the rank
of Captain in the Territorial Army Royal Field Artillery.
13th Earl of Northesk, Robert Andrew Carnegie, b.1926,
a.1975, d.1994
Son of the 12th Earl and Dorothy May Campion, daughter of Colonel
Sir William Robert Campion.
14th Earl of Northesk, David John MacRae Carnegie, b.1954,
a.1994, d.2010
Son of the 13th Earl and Jean Margaret MacRae. He was elected
to the House of Lords after the 1999 Act. His only son, Alexander Robert MacRae
Carnegie, Lord Rosehill (b.1980, d.2001) having died before him, the title
passed to a distant relative.
15th Earl of Northesk, Patrick Charles Carnegy, b.1940,
a.2010
Patrick Carnegy (sic) of Lour (b.?, d.1723), a younger brother of the 3rd
Earl, married Marjorie Threipland (b.?, d.1702), daughter of Sir Patrick
Threipland of Fingask. Their son Patrick Carnegy (b.1684, d.1729) married Alison
Watson. Their son Patrick Carnegy (b.1720, d.1799) married Elizabeth Graham.
Their son Patrick Carnegy (b.1757, d.1819) married Margaret St Clair Bowyer
(b.?, d.1835), daughter of Alexander Bowyer of Kincaldrum. Their second son,
Major-General Alexander Carnegy (b.1793, d.1862), married Isabella Don (b.?,
d.1835). Their second son, General Alexander Carnegy (b.1829, d.1900), married Frances
Jane Whitehead (b.?, d.1857). Their son, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Gilbert
Carnegy (b.1864, d.1928), married Evelyn Mary Prichard (b.?, d.1953). Their
son, the Reverend Canon Patrick Charles Alexander Carnegy (b.1893, d.1969),
married Joyce Eleanor Townsley (b.?, d.1995), and their son succeeded as 15th
Earl of Northesk and 15th Lord Rosehill & Eglismauldie. The heir-presumptive is his younger brother.
The courtesy title for the heir is Lord Rosehill.
(Last updated: 09/06/2011)