David Carnegie (1701 - 1741)

Born 11 Jun 1701 in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Died 24 Jun 1741 at age 40 in Ethie castle, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland

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Biography

David was the fifth Earl of Northesk, and born at Errol on 11 June 1701.

He was educated at the Universities of Edinburgh and St. Andrews. He is noted to have had a speech impediment to which his father refers in a note in which he states that in the end of November 1723 his son went to Edinburgh to try and cure his speech.

Lord Northesk died unmarried at Ethie on 24 June 1741 and was succeeded by his next brother George.

He left a natural son Sylvester, by Isabel Rarity, who married and resided in Arbroath.

All material from Balfour Paul.^[1]

Footnotes

1. ↑ #S-1 Balfour Paul; Vol 6, page 502

Sources

• Source S-1Sir James Balfour Paul, Editor. The Scots peerage, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Vol. VI. Edinburgh: D Douglas, 1904. Open Library

• Source S279 Type: Photocopies (4 sets) Investigation in Scotland and book written by Helen Carnegie 1989 "Carnegies of Melbourne" and others; Mrs. Margaret Child - Victoria AUS; Date: 11-19-2008