Lieutenant-Colonel George John Carnegie, 9th Earl of Northesk DL (1843 – 1891) was a British nobleman and soldier.

Early life

He was born the son of

William Carnegie, 8th Earl of Northesk William Hopetoun Carnegie, 8th Earl of Northesk (16 October 1794 – 1878) was a Scottish peer and planter. Born to William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk and Mary Ricketts, he owned several slave plantations in the British colony of Jamaica ...

and Georgiana Maria Elliot on 1 December 1843.

Career

Lord Rosehill, as he then was, was commissioned into the

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in 1862, but transferred to the

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as a

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later the same year. He was promoted

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in 1866 and

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in 1873. He retired in 1874.

Personal life

He married Elizabeth Georgina Frances Elliot, daughter of Admiral Sir George Elliot and Hersey Susan Sydney Wauchope, on 28 February 1865 and had four children. * Helen Alice Carnegie (died 1908), who married barrister Sir Francis Lacey in 1890. * David John Carnegie, 10th Earl of Northesk (1865–1921), who married Elizabeth Boyle Hallowes, eldest daughter of Maj.-Gen. George Skene Hallowes, in 1894. * Lt.-Col. Hon. Douglas George Carnegie (1870–1937), who married Margaret Jean Johnstone-Douglas, second daughter of

Arthur Johnstone-Douglas Arthur Henry Johnstone-Douglas JP DL (23 June 1846 – 26 March 1923) was a Scottish soldier and politician. Early life Johnstone-Douglas was born on 23 June 1846 into Clan Douglas. He was the son of Robert Johnstone-Douglas of Lockerbie (1814� ...

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, in 1894. * Lt. Ian Ludovic Andrew Carnegie (1881–1909), who married Anna Barbara Atkinson, youngest daughter of Col. Bradford Atkinson, in 1905. After his death, she married Capt. Reginald Dalrymple. He rebuilt Longwood House,

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, his main home. The architect was

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. He died on 9 September 1891 at age 47.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2936.

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1843 births 1891 deaths 1st The Royal Dragoons officers

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