Douglas Carnegie

Douglas Carnegie

Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas George Carnegie (4 January 1870–27 February 1937) was a British politician.

He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel George Carnegie, 9th Earl of Northesk and Elizabeth Georgina Frances Elliot.

Carnegie was commissioned into the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment in 1888. He resigned his commission as a Major in 1905. From 1917 to 1918 he served with the Labour Corps and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.

He married Margaret Jean Johnstone-Douglas, daughter of Arthur Henry Johnstone-Douglas and Jane Maitland Stewart, on 26 April 1894 and had four children:

  • John Douglas Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk (16 February 1895–1975)
  • David Alexander Carnegie (15 January 1897–2 April 1917)
  • Lady Jean Douglas Carnegie (31 August 1899)
  • Margaret Carnegie (7 June 1901–19 April 1946)

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Guy Baring
Member of Parliament for Winchester
1916–1918
Succeeded by
George Hennessy



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