Swynfen Carnegie

Admiral Swynfen Thomas Carnegie (8 March 1813 – 29 November 1879) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Fourth Naval Lord.

Early life Swynfen Thomas Carnegie was born the youngest son of Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk and his wife Mary on 8 March 1813.

Naval career Carnegie joined the Royal Navy on 3 August 1826 as a midshipman on board the frigate HMS Undaunted. He later served in the same rank on the ship of the line HMS St Vincent, flag ship of Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Hotham, and the brig-sloop HMS Raleigh. He was promoted to lieutenant on 21 April 1832 and was appointed on 9 November to serve on the frigate HMS Castor, commanded by Commodore Lord John Hay, later moving with Hay to the post ship HMS North Star. In these ships he participated in the First Carlist War and was rewarded by Spain with the Order of San Fernando. In 1846, he briefly served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. The couple divorced in 1872.