David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk

Sir David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk, 1st Baron Carnegie of Kinnaird, 1st Baron Carnegie PC (1575 – February 1658), of Kinnaird and Leuchards, was a Scottish nobleman. He was a member of the Privy Council of Scotland and held the office of Lord of Session.

Early life He was the eldest son of David Carnegie of Colluthie and his second wife, Euphame Wemyss (d. 1593), daughter of John Wemyss of Wemyss. Among his siblings were John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk.

His paternal grandparents were Sir Robert Carnegie of Kinnaird and Margaret Guthrie.

Career At the Union of the Crowns in 1603, James VI and I travelled to England. He wrote to David Carnegie from Newcastle upon Tyne on 10 April 1603, inviting him to escort the queen Anne of Denmark to England.

On 14 April 1616, he was created Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird, to him and his heirs male bearing the name and arms of Carnegie. He was further ennobled on 22 June 1633 as Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird and Leuchars, and Earl of Southesk, with remainder to his heirs male forever, in the Peerage of Scotland.

Personal life On 8 October 1595, he married Margaret Lindsay, only daughter of Hon. Sir David Lindsay of Edzell (eldest son of the 9th Earl of Crawford) and, his first wife, Lady Helen Lindsay (only daughter of the 10th Earl of Crawford). Before her death, they were the parents of several children: Lady Magdalene Carnegie (d. ), who married James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose.