John Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk
British military officer and noble
About John Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk
Lived 1895 – 1975 (aged 80). John Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk was a British military personnel.
John Douglas Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk (16 February 1895 – 22 July 1975) inherited the earldom in 1963.
Early life
Carnegie was born on 16 February 1895. He was the son of Margaret Jean Johnstone-Douglas and Lt.-Col. Hon. Douglas Carnegie, MP for Winchester. His younger brother David died in 1917 during World War I.
His maternal grandparents were Arthur Johnstone-Douglas and Jane Maitland ( Stewart) Johnstone-Douglas and his paternal grandparents were Lt.-Col. George Carnegie, 9th Earl of Northesk, and the former Elizabeth Georgina Frances Elliot.
Personal life On 20 July 1920 Carnegie married Dorothy Mary Campion, daughter of Col. Sir William Robert Campion (the Governor of Western Australia) and Katherine Mary Byron (a granddaughter of George Byron, 7th Baron Byron). They had four children:
Lord Northesk died on 22 July 1975 and was succeeded by his second son, Robert.
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British military officer and noble (1895–1975)
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