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 British peer. Born to William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk and Mary Ricketts, he died on 5 December 1878 at age of 84. Lord Northesk married Georgiana Maria ...

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 lieutenant-colonel 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

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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

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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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, U.S.A.:

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

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