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David Carnegie, 3rd Earl of Northesk (November 1643 – 3 October 1688) was a Scottish aristocrat and landowner.

Early life

Carnegie was born in November 1643. He was the son of

David Carnegie, 2nd Earl of Northesk David 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. He married Lady Jean Maule, daughter of Patrick Maule, 1st Earl of Panmure, on 19 Oct ...

and Lady Jean Maule. His younger brothers were James Carnegie, a member of the

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, Patrick Carnegie of Lour, Alexander Carnegie (''later'' Blair of Kinfauns). His sisters included Lady Jean Carnegie (second wife Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres), and Lady Magdalene Carnegie (wife of John Moodie of Ardbikie). His paternal grandparents were

John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk (1611–1667), was a Scottish noble who supported the Royalist cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Biography Carnegie was the son of David Carnegie and Eupheme Wemyss, a descendant of Henry Sinclair ...

and Magdalen ( Haliburton) Erskine (widow of John Erskine of Dun and eldest daughter of

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and the former Frances Stanhope (a daughter of Sir Edward Stanhope, of Grimston).

Career

He succeeded to his father's peerage in 1679. Lord Northesk signed the

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in 1685.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2935.

Personal life

On 2 September 1669, Carnegie married Lady Elizabeth Lindsay, daughter of

John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford John Lindsay ( – 1679), Earl of Crawford and Earl of Lindsay, was a Scottish noble. Early life Lindsay was born . He was the eldest son of Robert Lindsay, 9th Lord Lindsay and Lady Christian Hamilton. His younger sister, Helen Lindsay, marr ...

, and his wife, the former Lady Margaret Hamilton (a daughter of

James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton and 4th Earl of Arran KG PC (1589 – 2 March 1625), styled Lord Aven from 1599 to 1604, was a Scottish politician. He was the son of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton and Margaret Lyon. Career Ha ...

). Together, they were the parents of two children: * Christian Carnegie (d. 1744), who married

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in 1702. *

David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk (1675 – 14 January 1729) was a Scottish peer and politician. He was born the son of David Carnegie, 3rd Earl of Northesk and Elizabeth Lindsay. He was invested as a Privy Councillor of Scotland in 1698 and ...

(1675–1729), who married Lady Margaret Wemyss, second daughter of James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland and Lady Margaret Wemyss, ''

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'' 3rd Countess of Wemyss (only daughter, by his third wife, of

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), in 1697. Lord Northesk died on 3 October 1688 and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son,

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