John Douglas Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk (16 February 1895 – 22 July 1975) inherited the earldom in 1963.

Early life

Arms of David Carnegie, 10th Earl of Northesk

Carnegie was born on 16 February 1895. He was the son of Margaret Jean Johnstone-Douglas and Lt.-Col. Hon.

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, MP for

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. His younger brother David died in 1917 during

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. His maternal grandparents were

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and Jane Maitland ( Stewart) Johnstone-Douglas and his paternal grandparents were Lt.-Col.

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, and the former Elizabeth Georgina Frances Elliot. He was educated at

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and

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Career

Carnegie served in

between 1914 and 1918 (

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), Captain (temporary Major), 95th (Hants Yeomanry) Brigade,

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(TA). In 1963, Carnegie inherited the earldom from his first cousin

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, who had died childless.

Personal life

On 20 July 1920 Carnegie married Dorothy Mary Campion, daughter of Col. Sir William Robert Campion (the

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) and Katherine Mary Byron (a granddaughter of

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). They had four children: * Mary Elizabeth Carnegie (b. 1921), who married Maj. Donald Arthur Knights in 1942; they divorced in 1954. * David John Carnegie (1922–1942), who died unmarried. * 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). * Susan Jean Carnegie (b. 1930), who married Dr. David Blackall Connell, a son of Dr. Arthur Blackall Connell (and step-son of

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), in 1955.''Burke's Peerage 2003'', vol. 2, p. 2,936 Lord Northesk died on 22 July 1975 and was succeeded by his second son,

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References

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