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Sir Robin Macdonald Carnegie (22 June 1926 – 1 January 2011) was a senior

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officer who became

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. He died peacefully in Salisbury Hospice.

Military career

Educated at

Rugby School Rugby School is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. Up ...

, Carnegie was commissioned into the 7th Hussars in 1946.Debrett's People of Today 1994 He was made

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of the

Queen's Own Hussars The Queen's Own Hussars (QOH), was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, formed from the amalgamation of the 3rd The King's Own Hussars and the 7th Queen's Own Hussars at Candahar Barracks, Tidworth in 1958. The regiment served in Aden and Nor ...

in 1967. He went on to be

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of 11th Armoured Brigade in 1971 and General Officer Commanding 3rd Division in 1974. He became

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at Headquarters British Army of the Rhine in 1976 and

in 1978. He went on to be Director-General of Army Training in 1981. He was also

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of the

between 1981 and 1987.

Family

In 1955 Carnegie married Iona, daughter of John Sinclair. They had one son and two daughters and five grandchildren. Lady Carnegie died in 2015.Iona Carnegie death announcement
''The Telegraph''.

References

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