John Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk
John Douglas Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk (16 February 1895 – 22 July 1975) inherited the earldom in 1963.
Early life
Carnegie was born on 16 February 1895. He was the son of Margaret Jean Johnstone-Douglas and Lt.-Col. Hon. Douglas Carnegie, MP for Winchester. His younger brother David died in 1917 during World War I.[1]
His maternal grandparents were Arthur Johnstone-Douglas and Jane Maitland (née Stewart) Johnstone-Douglas and his paternal grandparents were Lt.-Col. George Carnegie, 9th Earl of Northesk, and the former Elizabeth Georgina Frances Elliot.[2]
He was educated at Gresham's School, Holt and King's College, Cambridge.[2]
Career
Carnegie served in
In 1963, Carnegie inherited the earldom from his first cousin David Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk, who had died childless.[2][3]
Personal life
On 20 July 1920 Carnegie married Dorothy Mary Campion, daughter of Col. Sir
- Mary Elizabeth Carnegie (b. 1921), who married Maj. Donald Arthur Knights in 1942; they divorced in 1954.[2]
- David John Carnegie (1922–1942), who died unmarried.[2]
- Robert Andrew Carnegie, 13th Earl of Northesk (1926–1994), who married Jean Margaret MacRae, daughter of Capt. John MacRae and Lady Phyllis Hervey (daughter of the 4th Marquess of Bristol).[2]
- Susan Jean Carnegie (b. 1930), who married Dr. David Blackall Connell, a son of Dr. Arthur Blackall Connell (and step-son of Dame Ninette de Valois), in 1955.[2]
Lord Northesk died on 22 July 1975 and was succeeded by his second son, Robert.[2]
References
- ^ Thornton, Neil (17 December 2017). Led by Lions: MPs and Sons Who Fell in the First World War. Fonthill Media. p. 237. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Burke's Peerage 2003, vol. 2, p. 2,936
- ^ "EARL OF NORTHESK DEAD IN ENGLAND; Colorful Figure in 1920's-- 11th Holder of the Title Dropped Out of the News". The New York Times. 8 November 1963. Retrieved 9 June 2022.