Charles Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk
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Born | Edinburgh, Scotland | 23 September 1893
Died | 16 February 1992 Brechin, Scotland | (aged 98)
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Issue | James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife |
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Charles Alexander Bannerman Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk (23 September 1893 – 16 February 1992), styled The Honourable Charles Carnegie before 1905 and Lord Carnegie between 1905 and 1941, was the husband of
Early life and marriage
Charles Alexander Carnegie was born on 23 September 1893 in
On 12 November 1923 he married
Lord Carnegie was a near neighbour of Archibald Maule Ramsay, living in Arbroath, and joined the Right Club, an anti-semitic group with Nazi sympathies, which had been set up by Ramsay, contributing £5 and promising a further £5 annually; he was made a 'Warden' of the club by Ramsay. Asked about his membership in later life, Southesk professed ignorance of all the aims of the club but praised Ramsay as "a very loyal, patriotic man".[3]
Earl of Southesk
The 10th Earl of Southesk died on 10 November 1941 and Lord Carnegie became the 11th Earl of Southesk. Although they did not carry out royal duties, Lord and Lady Southesk were considered members of the Royal Family. They both attended the
Second marriage
Lord Southesk's first wife died on 14 December 1945 from bronchitis. Lord Southesk later married Evelyn Julia Williams-Freeman (27 July 1909 – 30 August 1992) on 16 May 1952 at Scone Palace in Perthshire, Scotland. Evelyn previously married in 1933, Major Ion Edward FitzGerald Campbell (1897–1936) and had a son, Ion Edward Fitzgerald Campbell (b. 1936), a posthumous birth. Evelyn, Lady Southesk died aged 83 at Kinnaird Castle, Brechin in Angus, Scotland six months after the death of her husband.
Death
Lord Southesk died on 16 February 1992 at age 98 at his home
His eldest son, James, had already inherited the title of
Honours
- Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order - 1 January 1926
- Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Kincardineshire- 3 July 1930
- Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Angus, Scotland- 2 October 1947
References
- Copping, Robert, The Monday Club - Crisis and After May 1975, page 25, published by the Current Affairs Information Service, Ilford, Essex, (P/B).
- ISBN 0-9543617-2-5.
- ^ "Page 2773 | Supplement 34279, 29 April 1936 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.
- ^ Richard Griffiths, "Patriotism Perverted: Captain Ramsay, the Right Club and British Anti-Semitism 1939-40" (Constable, London 1998), p. 160