David Carnegie of Colluthie (1559–1598) was a Scottish landowner and administrator. He was an auditor of the Scottish exchequer in 1595 and joined the government finance committee known as the

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in 1596. David Carnegie was the younger son of Sir Robert Carnegie of

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(d. 1565) and Margaret Guthrie (d. 1571). Colluthie is near

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in the parish of

Moonzie Moonzie is a small parish in Fife, Scotland, about 3 miles north-west of Cupar. It is bounded on the west by Creich, on the north by Kilmany, on the south-east by Cupar and on the south-west by Monimail.Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, by Francis ...

. David Carnegie had lands at

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in Forfarshire. When his older brother John Carnegie died in 1595 he became laird of

. He took down the old kirk of Cookstoun to build a new church at Kinnaird. In 1583 he acquired Cruivie Castle in

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from his daughter Margaret. His niece Catherine Carnegie (d. 1597) was abducted with a view to a forced marriage with James Gray, a son of

Patrick Gray, 5th Lord Gray Patrick Gray, 5th Lord Gray (d. 1608), was a Scottish landowner He was a son of Patrick Gray, 4th Lord Gray and Marion Ogilvy. He became Lord High Sheriff of Forfar. However he was unable to join in public life. In 1596 his son Patrick, Master of G ...

, in Edinburgh in 1593. She was taken from the house of the merchant

Robert Jousie Robert Jousie (or Joussie or Jowsie or Jossie; died 1626) was a Scottish merchant, financier, and courtier. Life Jousie was a cloth merchant based in Edinburgh with a house on the High Street or Royal Mile. He became an exclusive supplier of fa ...

by the courtiers

John Wemyss of Logie John Wemyss younger of Logie, (1569-1596), was a Scottish courtier, spy, and subject of the ballad "The Laird o Logie", beheaded for plotting to blow up a fortification at Veere in the Netherlands Life John Wemyss was a brother or son, the famil ...

and Sir James Sandilands of Slamannan. He died on 19 April 1598.

Marriages and family

David Carnegie married (1) Elizabeth Ramsay, the heir of Henry Ramsay of Colluthie and

who was killed at the

battle of Pinkie The Battle of Pinkie, also known as the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh ( , ), took place on 10 September 1547 on the banks of the River Esk near Musselburgh, Scotland. The last pitched battle between Scotland and England before the Union of the Cro ...

in 1547, (2) Euphame Wemyss (d. 1593), daughter of John Wemyss of Wemyss, (3) Janet Henrison.William Fraser, ''History of the Carnegies, Earls of Southesk'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1867), p. cv. His children included: * David Carnegie of Kinnaird, Lord Carnegie, and

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* John Carnegie, Earl of Northesk * Alexander Carnegie * Robert Carnegie * Katherine Carnegie, who married John Aytoun of Kinnaldie, brother of the poet

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* Elizabeth Carnegie, daughter of Elizabeth Ramsay, who married John Inglis younger of Inglistarvit in 1579 * Jean Carnegie * Margaret Carnegie (d. 1589), younger daughter of Elizabeth Ramsay, who married

William Dundas of Fingask William Dundas of Fingask (died 1599), was a Scottish courtier who wrote newsletters. William Dundas was a son of Archibald Dundas of Fingask and Elizabeth Colville, daughter of Robert Colville of Cleish. His sister Margaret Dundas married Geor ...

in 1582 * Agnes Carnegie, who married Alexander Falconer of Halkertoun, and was the mother of

Sir Alexander Falconer, 1st Lord Falconer of Halkerton Sir Alexander Falconer, 1st Lord Falconer of Halkerton (1595–1671), was a Scottish judge. Life Falconer was the eldest son of Sir Alexander Falconer of Halkertoun, by his wife Agnes Carnegie, eldest daughter of David Carnegie of Colluthie. On ...

* Euphame Carnegie, who married Robert Graham, younger of Morphie

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carnegie, David People from Angus, Scotland 16th-century Scottish people Octavians 1559 births 1598 deaths